Fiona Wetherell, BACP

Fiona Wetherell is a counsellor with eight years' experience working in settings that include rape crisis services and women's refuges. She offers calm, steady support for people dealing with trauma, relationship strain, anxiety and depression. Fiona holds BACP accreditation and focuses on forming a respectful, non-judgemental relationship with each person she meets.

Fiona uses an integrative way of working that draws on different theories to meet each person's needs. She pays close attention to early life experiences and how these affect current feelings and behaviour. In sessions she helps people make sense of troubling thoughts and to spot repeating patterns that keep them stuck.

Therapy sessions are usually 45 minutes long. Fiona adapts to what the client wants, offering weekly, fortnightly or monthly meetings. She aims to create a warm space where people feel heard and understood as they talk through difficult issues.

Her main professional focus includes stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and depression. She also helps people facing concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, communication problems, domestic violence, body image and fertility issues.

Fiona works with straightforward language and a practical pace. She encourages small, manageable changes and supports people as they try out different ways of coping. The emphasis is on building understanding first, then planning steps that feel achievable.

Approaches that guide online work and practical access

Fiona draws on an integrative approach that blends different evidence-based techniques to meet each person's needs. She looks at early life experiences to help people understand current reactions and relationships, which can be useful for tackling trauma, attachment concerns and repeated patterns of behaviour.

She also uses trauma-informed ways of working that focus on stabilising distress, building emotional safety and pacing the work to the individual's readiness. This helps when anxiety, dissociation or difficult memories make it hard to feel steady in sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the journey and Fiona treats it as a collaborative decision. She will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then try methods that fit those aims. Adjustments are made as progress and comfort levels become clearer.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep visual connection when that helps, phone sessions suit those who prefer not to be on camera, and live chat or text-based messaging can work for shorter check-ins or for people who find writing easier. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family and health needs while still accessing a registered professional.