Allison Dorothy Rayburn

Dr. Allison Rayburn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist providing online therapy in North Carolina, Missouri and Florida. Dr. Rayburn enjoys supporting individuals who are highly sensitive to the needs of others learn how to listen and honor their own needs in ways they haven't experienced before. Many of her clients struggle to understand their responses to stress in life and their relationships. Through therapy, Dr. Rayburn supports clients in an active way to understand how their experiences and relationships are showing up in the present when overwhelmed. From this deeper understanding and perspective allows for new possibilities for how to identify and express their needs, heal old wounds, and move forward more confidently in their lives.

Dr. Rayburn's approach is rooted in the understanding of ourselves, provides space to lessen anxiety and how to create change in our mind, body, and relationships. Her belief is change comes from new experiences, instead of traditional therapies that focus solely on talking. She creates an accepting and curious atmosphere that is client-guided, allowing the client to express many parts of themselves as they naturally would. Her training in Dr. Rayburn collaborates with clients through an attachment and relational lens which opens the possibilities for new experiences in the therapy room that can be transferred into lasting change in their everyday lives. Clients might reflect on the way that they were raised and how their relationships with their families to connect to their current challenges, including stress responses such as fight, flight, freeze and fawn ( people-pleasing tendencies) and more importantly what to do about it. With greater insight, clients can make more conscious decisions about how they show up in relationships, pursuing connections that are aligned with their true values.