Wendy Stirling, BACP

Wendy Stirling helps people facing stress, anxiety, low mood and life changes. She works in a straightforward way and aims to make sessions feel manageable. Wendy brings ten years of professional experience and a BACP credential to her practice. She offers online sessions in English and accepts international clients.

Wendy focuses on everyday problems like coping with grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain and workplace stress. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, eating and body image difficulties, and compassion fatigue. Her work includes attention to attachment and communication problems and long-standing patterns such as avoidance or dependency.

Her approach is practical and person-centred. Wendy listens first, then helps people identify small, achievable steps. Techniques come from approaches such as cognitive behavioural ideas, acceptance and commitment principles, attachment-based work and emotionally-focused methods. This mix is tailored to each person’s needs.

Wendy says therapy can be a steady process of learning and change. She draws on a wide range of life experience alongside professional training. That background helps her relate to complex feelings around abandonment, adoption and blended family situations. The emphasis is on respectful, sensitive support that fits each person’s situation.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions that fit their timetable. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, so people can choose the way that suits them best.

How Wendy’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is about noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match your values. It can help when someone feels stuck with anxiety, low mood or confusing life choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and can be helpful for intimacy concerns, communication problems and attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Wendy will discuss different methods with each person and decide together what feels most helpful. That collaborative process lets sessions adapt as needs and goals change over time.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is useful. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text messages suit shorter check-ins or people who find writing easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, care duties or travel.