Stephen (Steve) Rudkin, BACP, NCPS

Stephen (Steve) Rudkin offers a person-centred, psychodynamic approach tailored to each person. He combines client-centred listening with psychodynamic thinking and mindfulness tools to help people understand patterns that cause distress. Steve draws on 26 years of experience across health, social care, education and private practice to shape practical, compassionate support.

He helps people facing stress, anxiety and depression. He also works with addiction, trauma and relationship problems. Additional areas include parenting concerns, grief, anger, intimacy issues, and work or career pressures. Steve can help people who are dealing with control issues, codependency, attachment worries or recovery from domestic violence.

Sessions can involve exploring past experiences to spot repeating patterns. They also use mindfulness and here-and-now listening to build coping strategies. Steve aims to create clear, achievable steps so progress feels realistic and steady. He offers both shorter-term focused work and longer-term therapy when that suits the person.

Steve has worked in drug and alcohol services, mental health teams, advocacy and child and family services. That range gives him practical insight into complex problems like co-morbidity, process addictions and fatherhood issues. He also has experience supporting people affected by HIV and men’s issues.

Steve is registered with the BACP and the NCPS. He practises in the United Kingdom and carries out sessions in English. International clients can be seen by arrangement. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How client-centred, mindfulness and psychodynamic work translate online

Client-centred therapy is about being heard. Online sessions give time for the counsellor to listen and reflect, helping people feel understood and work out what they need. This approach suits people wanting a safe space to talk and find their own solutions.

Mindfulness therapy helps people notice thoughts and bodily reactions without getting swept away by them. In an online session this can mean practising simple breathing or grounding exercises together, which can help with anxiety, stress and cravings linked to addiction.

Psychodynamic work looks at life patterns and past experiences that influence current behaviour. Remote sessions allow steady exploration of long-standing themes and attachment patterns, which can be useful for relationship issues, abandonment concerns and self-esteem difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and adapt methods as therapy progresses in a collaborative way.

Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls approximate face-to-face contact and allow visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break. Live chat and text messaging suit short check-ins, reflection between sessions or people who prefer writing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work and family life.