Make you life
even bigger than your business.

Allison Puryear, a therapist in Asheville, NC specializing in therapy intensives for business owners, laughing.

Meet Allison

I’ve been a therapist for over 20 years. And for much of that time, I was also building businesses.

I’ve built three companies from the ground up—while holding space for clients, raising a family, and trying to keep it all together. I made the money, earned the respect, and created the kind of impact people dream about.

And I still found myself waking up with a pit in my stomach.

I kept thinking: "I should feel better than this." But no matter how much I achieved, the anxiety didn’t fade. The weight didn’t lift. I lived in denial. The fulfillment I expected never fully arrived.

That realization was humbling. And it changed everything.

I started doing the deeper work—the kind that doesn’t show up in spreadsheets or sales metrics. I began to understand how perfectionism and chronic over-functioning shaped the way I moved through the world. I learned how to listen to my body, how to be with my emotions without trying to outwork or outsmart them. And I found a way back to myself.

That journey led me here. For the last decade, I’ve helped other successful business owners do the same.

I specialize in working with high-achieving business owners who feel overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected, or numb despite everything they’ve built. Whether it’s burnout, depression, unresolved trauma, or just the haunting sense that this still isn’t it, we get to the root of what’s holding you back—so you can feel more like yourself again.

I help those who are sabotaging their own exit because unconsciously they don’t know who they are without this business. And I help those that made it through an exit only to find that what they thought they wanted feels empty or hollow.

I use a blend of evidence-based modalities grounded in real-world understanding of what it means to lead, succeed, and still feel lost. My work is deeply relational, honest, and oriented toward your values and long-term success.

You don’t need to perform here. You don’t need to prove anything.

This is your space to be human.

If you’re ready to move beyond the surface and create real change from the inside out, I’d be honored to support you.

Schedule a consultation

I can help

Your relationships feel as compelling as your work

And a lot more peaceful.

Navigate your real feelings about an exit mid-deal

So you don’t shoot yourself in the foot.

Figure out your life post-exit so it’s actually purposeful

And end the existential crisis/boredom