ALTOONA, PA · TELEHEALTH STATEWIDE
Allison Bare
“With empathy and practical guidance, I help individuals and couples build resilience, find clarity, and make lasting change.”
Allison Bare is a Licensed Social Worker at CPA Counseling’s Altoona office. Trained in the Gottman Method, she provides couples therapy and works with individuals ages 10 and up — supporting them through ADHD, autism, anxiety, addiction, grief, and life transitions. Her trauma-informed approach draws on IFS, CBT, and somatic techniques. Accepting new clients in Altoona and via telehealth across Pennsylvania.
ABOUT ALLISON
Helping you move through change with confidence
Allison is a Licensed Social Worker with experience across school settings, primary care, and outpatient counseling — a background that gives her a holistic understanding of how mental health shapes daily life. She is trained in the Gottman Method for couples therapy and works with individuals ages 10 and older.
She helps partners strengthen communication, deepen connection, and navigate conflict with greater understanding and respect. With individuals, she supports clients through ADHD, autism, anxiety, addiction, grief, and major life transitions, always working from a trauma-informed foundation that prioritizes safety, collaboration, and respect.
Allison’s approach is humanistic and strengths-based, drawing from Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and somatic techniques. Known for her warm, straightforward style, she offers both empathy and practical guidance — creating a comfortable, validating space where individuals and couples can build resilience, gain clarity, and make lasting change.
Gottman Trained
Research-based couples therapy
LSW
Licensed Social Worker
Personalized Care Plans
No program commitments required
CLINICAL APPROACH
How Allison works with clients
CONDITIONS TREATED
What Allison treats in Altoona
“Therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all — it’s built around your strengths, your goals, and your pace.”
CARE PHILOSOPHY
Care tailored to you, not a protocol
Allison believes therapy is never one-size-fits-all. She thoughtfully tailors each session to the unique needs, strengths, and goals of the individual or couple in front of her — integrating additional techniques as appropriate rather than applying a fixed program.
Grounded in a trauma-informed, humanistic, and strengths-based approach, she prioritizes safety, collaboration, and respect in every therapeutic relationship. Known for her supportive and straightforward style, Allison offers both empathy and practical guidance as clients work toward meaningful, sustainable change — in an environment that feels warm, validating, and genuinely comfortable.
TELEHEALTH — PENNSYLVANIA STATEWIDE
A therapy session you can add to any schedule
All CPA Counseling therapists offer HIPAA-compliant video sessions. Whether you’re across town or across the state, you get the same quality of care from home or any private space.
Telehealth is not a second-tier option — it is clinically equivalent to in-person therapy for most presenting concerns. Your therapist will advise based on your situation.
- Available to any Pennsylvania resident
- Works on any phone, tablet, or computer
- HIPAA-compliant — fully private and secure
- Evening and weekend scheduling available
- Mix in-person and virtual as needed
- Most insurance plans accepted for telehealth
