Alison McKleroy, M.A., LMFT

Founder • Guide • Author • Artist

Alison McKleroy, M.A., LMFT, is the founder of Center for Spark® and the creator of Restoring the Radiant Healer—a soul-centered offering for space-holders, empaths, therapists, and caregivers who are ready to tend to themselves with the same compassion they offer to others.

A therapist-turned-coach, author, and artist, Alison is devoted to helping those who’ve given so much to others return to themselves—to their joy, their voice, and their creative spark.

With nearly 20 years of clinical experience, she weaves together psychology, neuroscience, somatics, ancient wisdom, and the healing arts to guide clients back to their vitality and inner knowing. Her work offers practical tools for nervous system regulation, boundary repair, creative expression, and emotional resilience.

Alison is a fierce advocate for restoring what burnout has taken. She believes healing isn’t about becoming someone new—it’s about coming home to the truth of who you are: radiant, worthy, and whole.

Through her books, courses, workshops, and retreats, Alison has helped thousands reclaim their light and live with greater self-compassion, clarity, and courage.

She is the author of The Self-Compassion Journal and Essential Strategies for Social Anxiety, and her work has been featured in TIME, The Guardian, Vogue, Well+Good, Verywell Mind, DailyOM, Mindbodygreen, Today, Bustle, Brit + Co, Parents, the Knot, Cosmopolitan, Inhersight, and more.