Tracie McFerran, BACP

Tracie McFerran offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. She speaks plainly and aims to make each session feel manageable. Tracie encourages people who are nervous about starting therapy and acknowledges that taking the first step can be hard.

She draws on six years of experience as a counsellor and holds BACP registration, which is listed as her credential. Tracie works from an integrated approach and tailors sessions to the needs of each person. She treats everyday worries alongside deeper, longer-standing problems.

Tracie helps people coping with life changes and those living with grief or depression. She also supports people dealing with relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, anger and career stress. People concerned about parenting, including the stress of caring for children with additional needs, will find practical attention to everyday problems.

Her practice also covers trauma and abuse, ADHD, and issues connected to family of origin, attachment and abandonment. Additional focus areas include communication problems, codependency, feelings of emptiness, and managing guilt and shame. Tracie adapts her work for people with intellectual disability or autism where appropriate.

In sessions she combines client-centred listening with techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness. She also draws on psychodynamic and solution-focused methods when these are useful. The emphasis is on clear steps you can try between sessions and on building coping skills that fit your life.

How Tracie's approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your experience. The therapist follows your lead, reflecting back what matters to you and helping you clarify your goals. This approach suits people who need a calm space to untangle difficult feelings.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns and can help with anxiety, low mood and stress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve coping with strong emotions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Tracie will work with you to choose methods based on your needs, goals and preferences, and she will adjust techniques as you go. The emphasis is collaborative - you and the therapist agree what to try next.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual connection helps progress, phone calls work well if bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy around work, family and daily life.