{"id":109849,"date":"2025-09-12T09:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harborlondon.com\/oldsite\/?post_type=team-member&#038;p=109849"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:01:39","slug":"alison-ball","status":"publish","type":"team-member","link":"https:\/\/harborlondon.com\/oldsite\/team-member\/alison-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Alison Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Our front-end template -->\n<section\n    id=\"team-member-info-block_f7c3888776aefe220cb26eeff7781a95\" \n    class=\"team-member-info \"\n>\n    <div class=\"site-container\">\n        <div class=\"info-container animation-container\">\n            <div class=\"info-container__left\">\n                <div class=\"header item-fade-up\">\n                    <h1 class=\"\">Alison Ball<\/h1>\n                    <h6 class=\"\">Hypnotherapist and EMDR Therapist<\/h6>\n                <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"biography\">\n                                                    <div class=\"biography-container\">\n                                <h5 class=\"item-fade-up\">Professional Experience<\/h5>\n                                                                    <div class=\"intro item-fade-up\">\n                                        <p>Alison Ball is an experienced integrative psychotherapist with a specialist focus on clinical hypnotherapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). She offers a thoughtful, multi-modal approach tailored to individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, and challenges rooted in early or relational experiences.<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                <div class=\"text item-fade-up\">\n                                    <p>Combining hypnotherapy and EMDR, Alison supports individuals seeking behavioural and emotional change \u2013 from phobia resolution to substance use concerns and habit change, including smoking cessation. Her approach is grounded in compassion and clinical insight, helping individuals shift long-standing patterns and access a renewed sense of agency.<\/p>\n<p>Alison also brings significant experience in education and youth mental health, having worked extensively with young people with social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs, as well as those with autism spectrum conditions (ASD) and ADHD.<\/p>\n<p>She is an approved therapist with Anxiety UK and Wellbeing in the Arts, and a full member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Known for her empathetic, client-centred practice, Alison integrates psychological depth with therapeutic pragmatism to support meaningful, lasting change.<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"info-container__right\">\n                               <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/harborlondon.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/09\/Alison-Ball-Web-Edit.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Alison Ball\" class=\"thumbnail  page-hero\">\n                                                    <div class=\"information\">\n                                                    <div class=\"single-info\">\n                                <h6 class=\"item-fade-up\">Certifications<\/h6>\n                                <div class=\"text item-fade-up\">\n                                    <ul>\n<li>Approved therapist with Anxiety UK and Wellbeing in the Arts<\/li>\n<li>Member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"single-info\">\n                                <h6 class=\"item-fade-up\">Languages Spoken<\/h6>\n                                <div class=\"text item-fade-up\">\n                                    <ul>\n<li>English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<!-- Our front-end template -->\n<section\n    id=\"double-images-cta-block_3e172cca3b4ffcd23df445ac79f08c95\" \n    class=\"double-images-cta  Black\"\n>\n    <div class=\"site-container\">\n        <div class=\"cta-container animation-container\">\n                            <div class=\"cta-container__text\">\n                <div class=\"header item-fade-up\">\n                    <h6>Further reading<\/h6>\n                    <h2>More about Harbor and our approach<\/h2>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"links-container\">\n                                            <a href=\"\/about\" class=\"single-link-box\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/harborlondon.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Quick_link_items-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\">\n                            <div class=\"label\">\n                                <h3>About Harbor<\/h3>\n                                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewBox=\"0 0 22 22\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M10 12V22H12V12H22V10H12V0H10V10H0V12H10Z\" fill=\"#FF7973\"\/>\n                                <\/svg>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"\/our-approach\" class=\"single-link-box\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/harborlondon.com\/oldsite\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/06\/Quick_link_items3-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\">\n                            <div class=\"label\">\n                                <h3>Our approach<\/h3>\n                                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewBox=\"0 0 22 22\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M10 12V22H12V12H22V10H12V0H10V10H0V12H10Z\" fill=\"#FF7973\"\/>\n                                <\/svg>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":109850,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_joinchat":[]},"team-member-category":[10],"class_list":["post-109849","team-member","type-team-member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team-member-category-complementary-services-and-fitness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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