Stella Scrivens, BACP

Stella Scrivens offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or changes in life. She meets each person with respect and aims to help them make sense of what they are facing. Stella works alongside clients rather than directing them, and encourages their own expertise about their life.

She trained as a person-centred counsellor and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Her approach focuses on listening closely and responding with empathy. Stella also practises clinical hypnotherapy, which she uses as a gentle tool for issues such as phobias and some habit changes.

Stella has experience supporting people with trauma and abuse, including work informed by trauma-focused ideas. She also uses elements of psychodynamic thinking, such as looking at past patterns and how early relationships can shape current behaviour. These ways of working help when people feel stuck or repeatedly upset by similar situations.

In sessions she helps people address a wide range of concerns including addictions, sleep and eating issues, low self-esteem, anger and difficulties at work. She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, relationship and intimacy-related worries, and major life transitions.

Practical tools such as mindfulness and hypnotherapy may be offered alongside talking work to build coping skills. Stella aims to help people gain clarity, reduce distress and find steps forward that feel manageable. She welcomes conversations in English and sees people based in the United Kingdom and internationally.

How Stella’s approaches work in online therapy

Stella uses person-centred counselling which focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the client. This approach helps people feel heard and understood, and it suits a wide range of concerns from anxiety to life changes.

She also uses clinical hypnotherapy as a gentle, practical tool to address things like phobias, fear of flying and some habit-related issues. Hypnotherapy sessions typically involve relaxation and guided imagery to help change unhelpful responses rather than talking through every detail.

Mindfulness-based techniques are offered too, giving short exercises and grounding practices clients can use between sessions to manage stress and low mood. These practices can be helpful alongside talking work when someone needs simpler coping tools.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stella will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most helpful based on their goals and preferences. That might mean starting with person-centred conversations and adding hypnotherapy or mindfulness as needed.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit into a short break or use less bandwidth, and messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities or travel.