Brigitte Stephenson, BACP

Brigitte Stephenson is a counsellor who aims to provide a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk about what matters to them. She works with adults and young people on issues such as trauma, grief and parenting. Brigitte uses an integrative style and focuses on what each person wants to change or understand.

She blends different ways of working to match a person's needs. That can include looking at how early attachments shape current relationships, using practical skills to manage thoughts and feelings, and focusing on emotions in the room to shift patterns. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the client, with attention to safety and emotional readiness.

Brigitte has five years of experience and holds BACP registration, which is recorded here as BACP. Her background includes supporting people after abuse, helping with grief and loss, and guiding parents through difficult phases. She also supports work around stress, anxiety, depression and addictions.

Additional areas Brigitte addresses include attachment issues, blended family concerns, foster and adoption matters, body image and caregiver stress. She also works with people on codependency, control issues, dissociation, and feelings of emptiness or shame.

The approach in sessions is straightforward. Brigitte listens, reflects, and offers practical strategies when useful. She aims to help people notice patterns, try new ways of responding, and build skills for coping with life changes.

How Brigitte's approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. In sessions this might mean noticing how someone expects others to respond and trying new ways of relating. Client-centred work focuses on the person in front of the counsellor, with open listening and reflection to help people make sense of their experience. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) gives simple, practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, useful for anxiety, stress and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about needs, goals and preferences and decide together which methods to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust what happens in sessions as issues change over time.

The original profile does not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. Online work can help fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins between appointments, and making it easier to keep sessions during work breaks or when juggling caregiving. It also makes it possible for people outside the UK to work with registered or accredited professionals when those arrangements are agreed.