About Allyson
Allyson Puzzo is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship struggles. Her style is straightforward and practical so parents and caregivers can find usable tools quickly.
She builds a therapy relationship where people can notice patterns and make changes at their own pace. Sessions aim to improve everyday functioning, sleep, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
Allyson draws on methods that teach skills for managing emotions and improving communication. Allyson has 12 years of experience working with individuals and in groups. Her training includes mental health counseling and forensic psychology, which shapes how she pays attention to behavior and decision-making.
She uses that background to help people untangle problems like codependency, caregiver stress, and blended family issues. In the room she blends structured skill work with a person-centered stance. That means she offers clear strategies while listening for what matters most to each person.
Common targets include building self-esteem, handling anger, and coping with trauma and loss. Clients can expect to practice concrete techniques between sessions. The work often includes small behavior changes, mindfulness exercises, and communication tools.
Allyson aims to make therapy practical and relevant to daily life so progress feels real.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps that match those values. It helps when people feel stuck or overwhelmed by unwanted thoughts and want to move toward a life that matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns and improve mood and daily functioning. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and awareness skills that reduce reactivity and improve focus and sleep.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Allyson will talk through goals, try methods that fit the person, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative process lets the therapist and client decide whether to emphasize ACT, CBT, mindfulness, or a blend of methods.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations for skills practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing coaching-style contact. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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