About Fiona
Fiona Austin is a counsellor who helps people feeling swamped by stress and anxiety. She works in plain ways so overwhelmed clients can start to feel lighter. Fiona listens first, then helps people name what is going on and make small changes that add up.
She uses practical conversations to clear the clutter that keeps clients stuck. Sessions often look at sleep, motivation, procrastination and how those link to relationships and self-esteem.
Background and approach
Fiona draws out strengths clients already have and links them to better, everyday routines and decisions. Fiona brings 20 years of experience to her practice and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). That background informs a flexible style - sometimes reflective, sometimes focused on present thoughts and actions.
She explains ideas in normal language and checks in about what feels useful for each person. Work with her typically involves finding the root of what keeps problems repeating. Then she helps people test new ways of thinking and acting so progress can be noticed between sessions.
The aim is to reduce overwhelm and build steady momentum toward clearer days. Clients can expect calm, straightforward sessions that balance looking back with practical steps for the future. Fiona supports people to feel more able to cope, to reconnect with what matters, and to move forward with greater confidence.
Therapeutic approaches that suit online work
Client-centred therapy puts your experience at the heart of each session. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows what matters most to you, helping you make choices that fit your life. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and uses simple exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving. Mindfulness therapy teaches ways to notice thoughts and bodily responses so they cause less automatic stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together you decide whether a more reflective, action-focused or blended approach will be used and this can change as progress is made.
Online sessions can be flexible to fit around work and family life. Video calls let you use visual cues and longer conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep momentum and try techniques in real time while still working around daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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