Hazel Baker, BACP

Hazel Baker offers calm support for common and overwhelming problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship worries, addiction and self-esteem struggles. She provides a steady presence for people facing life changes, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, parenting strain and workplace pressure. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what matters to the client right now.

Hazel works in a warm, non-judgemental way. She listens closely and helps people name what they are feeling. From there she helps clients try out new ways of coping and relating that fit their everyday lives.

Her practice draws on attachment-based ideas. That means she pays attention to how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns. She also uses client-centred methods that put the person’s experience at the heart of the work and move at a pace they find comfortable.

Hazel has three years of experience in talking therapy and holds BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration. She works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, panic attacks, social anxiety and issues around identity and sexuality.

People can expect practical, easy-to-follow steps as well as space to reflect. Hazel helps clients set small, achievable goals and checks in on progress. She aims to make therapy usable between sessions as well as in them.

How attachment and client-centred work online

Attachment-based work looks at how earlier relationships affect current feelings and reactions. Online sessions can help people notice unhelpful patterns and practise new ways of connecting and responding in everyday life. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person’s own pace and priorities, helping them explore feelings and make choices that feel right for them.

Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. Hazel will work with each person to identify which methods suit their goals and preferences, and adapt the work as needs change. The first few sessions are used to understand what matters most and agree a way forward together.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as flexible scheduling, easy access from different locations, and options to suit different needs. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low, live chat allows for shorter check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats give people more ways to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work consistently with registered or accredited professionals.