Dinah Knox-Hooke, BACP

Dinah Knox-Hooke is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, and depression. She offers calm, listening-centred support and aims to help people feel less alone with what they are carrying.

Her style is warm and conversational. Sessions are relaxed and there is no pressure to perform. Dinah believes people know their own stories and brings attention to strengths that can be used to move forward.

Dinah holds BACP which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has five years of experience working with common life struggles and emotional pain. That experience informs a steady, patient approach rather than quick fixes.

She takes a holistic view and adapts each session to fit the person sitting opposite her. She draws on person-centred ideas alongside psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioural tools to suit different needs. The result is practical conversation and small steps that feel doable.

Typical sessions focus on making sense of difficult feelings, improving communication, and reducing overwhelming thoughts. Dinah pays attention to issues such as attachment, abandonment, guilt, shame, isolation, and work or parenting pressures. She aims to help people identify what matters to them and build manageable ways to live by those values.

How client-centred work adapts to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping people arrive at their own solutions. The therapist offers acceptance and understanding so people can speak openly about stress, anxiety, relationships and trauma. This approach helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to explore choices.

The counsellor also uses ideas from psychodynamic thinking to notice patterns that repeat in relationships, and cognitive-behavioural tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small changes. These shorter, practical techniques can help with anxiety, workplace worries and social fears while the deeper listening supports longer-term change.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss options and work with the client to decide what fits their goals and preferences. That means plans can shift over time as needs change and different methods are tried.

Online sessions offer flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are close to face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer typing. These formats let people choose what works best for concentration, comfort and timing.