Stella Hendricks, BACP

Stella Hendricks helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or relationship strain. She offers a calm, accepting presence so clients can talk about sleep problems, grief, career worries and difficult life changes. Stella uses straightforward language and a steady pace to make sessions manageable for busy lives.

She works from a psychodynamic perspective, which looks at the patterns and past experiences that shape current feelings and behaviour. That means conversations often focus on repeated themes in relationships, early influences, and emotional responses that feel stuck. Over time this can make it easier to notice triggers and choose different responses.

Stella also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how connection and closeness affect stress, intimacy, and trust. This can help people who struggle with commitment, separation, codependency or fears of abandonment. The emphasis is on building a kinder relationship with yourself.

With five years of experience she supports people through issues such as depression, bipolar symptoms, trauma and abuse, eating and food-related concerns, substance problems and anger. Her practice includes helping with parenting pressures, compassion fatigue and challenges tied to ageing.

Stella is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She provides sessions in English and accepts international clients. Reaching out is framed as a step-by-step process, guided by the person’s own goals and pace.

Attachment and Psychodynamic Work Online

Stella uses psychodynamic ideas to help people understand repeated patterns, early influences and emotional responses that still show up today. This approach often involves gentle reflection on past experiences and how they shape current relationships and moods.

She also uses attachment-based concepts to look at how closeness, trust and separation affect stress, intimacy and communication. That perspective can be useful for people dealing with commitment worries, codependency or fears of abandonment.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stella will talk with the client about their needs, goals and preferences and together they decide which methods to try. The process is collaborative and paced to what the person can manage.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for her practice. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing body language matters. Phone sessions can fit into a short break and need less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or days when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family and travel commitments.