I am a qualified counsellor in the UK with over three years of experience in client work, both in private practice and online with Betterhelp. I have experience in helping clients with trauma, sexual abuse, stress and anxiety, relationship issues, coping with grief and loss, & depression. Life throws many challenges our way and my goal is to offer support and to help you find your own way through these, often by encouraging you to see yourself and your situation in new ways. I will tailor our work together to meet your unique and specific needs. I will always take things at a pace that feels comfortable and safe for you. It’s your therapy and we can work together to find the ways it works best for you. It takes courage to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Professional experience
3 yrs in practice
Stress, AnxietyRelationshipsTrauma, AbuseGriefCoping with life changes
Additional areas of focus:Family conflicts, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Depression, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Paranoia, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues
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Fiona is Extremely compassionate and considerate and listens with intent and signposts me to useful articles and other sources which have been extremely beneficial and interesting to learn more about myself and behaviours. I am really enjoying my sessions as I don’t feel heard outside of therapy and I’m struggling massively with a lot of different issues simultaneously.
Written on May 21, 2026 after therapy with Fiona for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
Im feeling a lot better already and it's only my second session. I feel heard and understood. Im very grateful. I definitely recommend.
Written on May 19, 2026 after therapy with Fiona for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
An amazing therapist!
Written on Jan 20, 2026 after therapy with Fiona for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
All going well and I have confidence in my therapist.
Written on Nov 05, 2025 after therapy with Fiona for 1 year and 6 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting issues
Life changing- thank you Fiona!
Written on Sep 28, 2025 after therapy with Fiona for 8 months on issues concerning relationship issues
Fiona understands me and my concerns, and approaches therapy from a perspective of compassion and support. I fully trust her and her support has helped me tremendously in my journey of recovery.
Written on Sep 12, 2025 after therapy with Fiona for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, and parenting issues
Fiona has genuinely really helped me. She sends me a large amount of worksheets when she feels I need them and does the really effective method of listening and responding instead of preemptively assuming what I feel.
Written on Feb 04, 2025 after therapy with Fiona for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, coping with life changes, and adhd
Fiona has made a huge difference to my life. When I began my therapy I was extremely anxious with PTSD that was affecting me in many ways. Fiona taught me coping mechanisms that have enabled me to feel a sense of control over my life again. She has never judged me, she instinctively understands what I’m saying, even when I’m not sure myself. I absolutely recommend Fiona and I’m so glad she has been my therapist.
Written on Jan 24, 2025 after therapy with Fiona for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and trauma and abuse
Highly experienced. Practical help. Warm manner.
Written on Jan 23, 2025 after therapy with Fiona for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, career difficulties, and coaching
Fiona's role in navigating years of unprocessed feelings and trauma, during a breaking-point moment and huge period of change in my personal life, has been invaluable. She has helped me understand the nature of my past hurt and work through it, understand certain behaviours of myself and others as a result of what happened, and provide frameworks and actionable steps to move on and improve how I deal with things in the future. She has also helped me to set goals with regards to what I want next in order to be in a place of good mental well-being and provided healthy coping strategies for any future triggers.
Fiona is professional, understanding, kind, reliable, warm, empathetic, balanced and has good insights. She challenges perspectives when needed and listens at length to how I am feeling. On a more personal level, I have been very touched by Fiona's cultural sensitivity and curiosity; coming from a different ethnic background and having a different faith which holds an important place of my life, Fiona has taken effort to understand my values and align her therapy techniques in a way that does not conflict with religious guidance but instead incorporates it with other established mental health techniques.
Fiona's work has had a positive knock on effect on many other areas of my life including my family, marriage, spirituality, personal goals and physical health. I am grateful for the opportunity to meet and benefit from Fiona's expertise and know her work has ultimately changed my life for the better.
Written on Nov 20, 2024 after therapy with Fiona for 6 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and parenting issues
Very good comforting to talk with
Written on Oct 14, 2024 after therapy with Fiona for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety
Fiona is professional, kind and effective, Im glad I reached out to find help, best thing I ever did and am very grateful to her for the support and guidance. Thank you.
Written on Jun 17, 2024 after therapy with Fiona for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and compassion fatigue
Fiona is fantastic. She’s really helping me get to the root of my problems and feel understood. She provides me with a lot of materials to help on my path and I can’t recommend her enough!
Written on Jun 07, 2024 after therapy with Fiona for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, self esteem, anger management, and adhd
Caring and understanding
Written on Mar 22, 2024 after therapy with Fiona for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, self esteem, and anger management
Fiona has been a gentle and supportive help, offering a safe and unbiased space for me to talk and talk openly without the worry of burdening friends or family. I’ve felt comfortable enough to share with her sides or myself that I’m not proud of and she has helped me to work through some real self shame with an open mind, and analytical approach,
I’d highly recommend Fiona
Written on Jan 22, 2024 after therapy with Fiona for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and coping with life changes
Is an excellent therapist who really actively listens and strives to help me find my own solutions
Written on Jan 04, 2024 after therapy with Fiona for 1 month on issues concerning relationship issues, and family conflicts
Fiona has been amazing, she asks questions in a way that makes me think and gain different perspectives, she's been supportive but also allowing me to draw conclusions on my own. She has helped to provide calm amongst the chaos at a very trying time in my life and I couldn't be more grateful.
Written on Dec 13, 2023 after therapy with Fiona for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and grief
Fiona has, in a short time, helped me realise some of the main reasons that I’m so unhappy and desperate at times and given me hope I might actually be able to finally change it. I know it will take time and effort but already I do feel like I’m making positive inroads towards feeling better because of her support, advice and help. Fiona is patient, focused and understands what I’m saying even when I don’t really understand it myself! She doesn’t make me feel stupid or minimise my feelings. I would highly recommend Fiona and look forward to working through my issues more with her guidance. The session each week is a non-negotiable for me now as I know it is having a positive effect on my life.
Written on Nov 14, 2023 after therapy with Fiona for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem
Fiona immediately helped me feel much more settled and understood during a difficult time. I really felt supported and can't thank her enough for her wisdom in helping me to navigate through the issues. Wonderful.
Written on May 26, 2023 after therapy with Fiona for 1 month on issues concerning relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes
Working with Fiona has given me a new perspective on my problems and my identity. Having the space each week to explore my issues in a safe and supportive atmosphere is invaluable and I go away from each session feeling lighter
Written on Mar 27, 2023 after therapy with Fiona for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, self esteem, and career difficulties
Fiona is fantastic. She helped me work through problems in a way where I felt safe and comfortable. She guided me and made me look at things from a completely different perspective which allowed me to deal with problems more constructively. Thank you Fiona. You’ve been amazing.
Written on Mar 21, 2023 after therapy with Fiona for 2 months on issues concerning addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, and anger management
Fiona has been so so helpful. I have spent just over 3 weeks with Fiona and I always look forward to our video calls. (That’s not because I have a boring life
Written on Mar 14, 2023 after therapy with Fiona for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues
Will listen, and really make sure to get to the main point of what the issues are.
Makes sure to persue things that are brought up to truly work out what is necessary to do, in order to help with the situation you are in.
Lots of good suggestions, and is good at re phrasing the information you give, and framing it in a way that changes your perspective and helps you challenge and improve your behaviour.
Written on Mar 07, 2023 after therapy with Fiona for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd
In just one session, Fiona understood what felt like a complex tangle of incidents and feelings. She was gentle with her questions, inviting me to talk as much or as little as I was comfortable. I opened up more than I thought I could, and look forward to our next conversation.
Written on Dec 15, 2022 after therapy with Fiona for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, and coping with life changes
Fiona is wonderful. From our very first session she made me feel heard and I felt respected. She is great during our sessions and gives me things to think about and worksheets to do which are always relevant and helpful.
Written on Dec 12, 2022 after therapy with Fiona for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Really friendly, patient and great at accommodating last minute changes!
Written on Nov 25, 2022 after therapy with Fiona for 1 month on issues concerning depression, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, and anger management
I felt listened to and understood whilst talking to Fiona, it was nice to have someone to talk to.
Written on Nov 23, 2022 after therapy with Fiona for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, and adhd
Amazing therapist.
Written on Nov 09, 2022 after therapy with Fiona for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues
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