About Niamh
Niamh Duffy is a counsellor who helps people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, relationship strain or grief. She welcomes conversations about low mood, low self-esteem and recovery after abuse or trauma. Her way of working aims to make the first step feel manageable and straightforward.
Niamh uses a person-centred approach, which means she follows the client's lead and responds to what matters most to them. Sessions focus on understanding what causes upset and on small practical steps that can make a difference day to day.
Background and approach
She also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and on emotion-focused methods to work through painful feelings. Clients can expect calm, respectful listening and gentle guidance when needed. Niamh aims to balance empathy with clear strategies for coping.
She pays attention to how past attachments and experiences of abandonment or family conflict affect present relationships and emotions. Over nine years of practice she has supported people with panic attacks, obsessive or compulsive thoughts, social anxiety, and issues around self-harm and shame. She also helps those facing separation, difficulties with communication, or the emptiness that can follow major life changes.
Niamh is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are offered in English and she works with people in the United Kingdom as well as international clients. Her approach is straightforward and steady, aimed at helping people regain clarity and take manageable steps forward.
How Niamh blends approaches for online work
Niamh uses client-centred therapy which focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to each person. This approach helps people who feel unsure about where to begin or who need a calm space to make sense of strong emotions.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic and obsessive thinking because it offers simple strategies to change unhelpful patterns.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. Niamh will work with clients to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs. She adapts the mix of person-centred listening, practical CBT techniques and emotion-focused work as therapy progresses.
Online therapy is available by video call, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is good for a full conversational session, phone sessions suit people with limited bandwidth, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins and text messaging keeps a running thread of thoughts between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work or family routines and to choose a format that feels most comfortable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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