Chiara Stoten, BACP

Chiara Stoten is a counsellor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns and issues around intimacy. She offers a calm, person-focused way of working and listens to what each person needs. Chiara brings a straightforward, compassionate presence into sessions and aims to help people feel clearer about their choices and next steps.

Chiara describes herself as an integrative counsellor who adapts her approach to the person in front of her. She draws on client-centred methods that prioritise the person's experience and on psychodynamic ideas that look at how past experiences link to present patterns. She also uses existential perspectives to explore meaning, and solution-focused techniques to identify practical next steps.

Her practice background includes four years running a independent practice in the Bristol area, alongside other settings working with young people in schools and universities. She has experience with trauma, dissociation and abuse, and with mood-related difficulties such as depression and anxiety. Chiara has been gaining recent experience working with autism and ADHD.

Sessions move at a pace the person chooses. Chiara aims to help people gain control and clarity without pushing them faster than they want to go. Conversations combine listening with practical suggestions where useful, and attention to how past events influence current feelings and relationships.

Chiara holds BACP accreditation, which is noted as BACP. She works in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.

How Chiara's approaches guide online counselling

Chiara draws on client-centred work which focuses on the person's experience and priorities. This approach means sessions begin with the client's concerns and the counsellor follows their lead to build trust and clarity.

She also uses psychodynamic ideas to help people see links between past events and current patterns. That perspective can be useful for recurring relationship difficulties, persistent anxieties or repeated coping strategies that feel stuck.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The counsellor will check in about goals, preferred ways of working and what feels most helpful, then adapt the methods used as the work evolves.

The profile does not state which online formats are offered, so please confirm available session types before booking. Many people find online work helps fit counselling into busy days, reduces travel time and makes it easier to schedule shorter check-ins when needed. Others appreciate being able to choose times that suit work, study or family commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can tailor pacing and homework to suit remote sessions and everyday life.