About Aaren
Aaren Smith is a Person Centred counsellor with nine years of practice supporting people through stress and anxiety. He works in the United Kingdom and communicates in English. Aaren emphasises a warm, accepting relationship so people can speak honestly about what is worrying them.
Aaren aims to make sessions straightforward and down to earth. He listens without judgement and avoids scripted responses. Conversations focus on what the person wants to understand and change, not on fitting a template of questions.
Background and approach
He believes the person in front of him knows their life best. Sessions are collaborative - the client’s priorities guide the work and Aaren helps map options and next steps. That can include looking at relationships, grief, low mood, addictive behaviours, career stress and parenting pressures.
Aaren is comfortable talking about identity and LGBT issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, and neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome. He also supports people facing compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, eating difficulties and impulsivity concerns. Practical help may include talking through choices, building emotional awareness, and exploring ways to cope with life changes.
Aaren keeps the tone human and sometimes light, while taking each person’s experience seriously. If someone wants a respectful space to talk and think things through, he focuses on keeping them in control of the process.
Person Centred work online and how it helps
Person Centred Therapy focuses on creating a warm, accepting relationship where the client feels heard. The counsellor offers empathy, genuineness and non-judgemental listening so people can speak openly about anxiety, grief, low mood or life changes. This approach helps when someone needs support making sense of emotions and exploring choices.That core approach is flexible for other concerns too, including relationship strain, addiction issues and identity questions. The emphasis is on the client’s experience and goals, and the therapist adapts the pace and focus to match what the person wants to work on. Deciding which way to work is a shared process between counsellor and client rather than a fixed prescription.
Online formats used include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a fuller face-to-face style; phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day; live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to schedule around work, family and travel, and offer more ways to keep continuity of support when life is busy.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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