Wendy Stirling, BACP

Wendy Stirling is a counsellor who focuses on helping people navigate strong feelings and difficult life changes. She works with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges linked to trauma and abuse. Wendy also supports people facing anger, low self-esteem, eating concerns, addiction, and parenting stresses. She speaks English and can work with clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Wendy draws on ten years of professional experience and on many years of personal therapy to shape her way of working. She aims to make each session straightforward and tailored. Conversations are practical and down-to-earth, with space to reflect and to plan small steps forward.

Her approach is informed by several methods, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused thinking, client-centred listening, cognitive work around thoughts and behaviours, and emotionally-focused techniques. She adapts these depending on what a person needs and prefers.

Wendy treats concerns around abandonment, attachment, communication and codependency alongside more general life stresses. She also brings knowledge around adoption and foster care, ageing issues, autism and neurodiversity, and a range of personality-related difficulties.

Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, use the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. Cost varies with location and the subscription terms.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current trust and closeness, which can help with intimacy issues and relationship wounds. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises a warm, non-judgemental listening space where the person leads the pace and topics and develops their own insights.

Finding the right approach is usually a collaborative process. Wendy works with each person to try methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences. She checks in about what feels helpful and adapts the work as trust and clarity grow.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm the available session types before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments around work, family or travel, reduce time spent commuting, and allow shorter check-ins when life is busy. It also enables people to continue regular sessions when circumstances make in-person meetings harder. Registered or accredited professionals can use these options to make therapy more practical and consistent with everyday life.