About Stephanie
Stephanie "Steph" Preston is a counsellor who has practised in the United Kingdom for over five years. She holds BACP accreditation, and she offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. Steph meets people where they are and focuses on small, manageable steps forward.
Steph adapts sessions to each person’s needs. She listens without judgement and helps uncover patterns that keep people stuck. Conversations may cover past experiences to understand current habits of thinking and behaving.
Background and approach
From there she helps people try out new ways of responding that feel more helpful. Her work includes support for relationship strains, grief and loss, low self-esteem and depression. She also helps people wrestling with commitment issues, family problems, life purpose and building self-love.
The aim is to improve day-to-day coping and increase confidence to face challenges. Sessions are collaborative and paced to suit the individual. Steph uses a person-centred style that prioritises empathy and respect alongside existential ideas about meaning and choice.
That combination helps people talk through feelings, make sense of difficult moments and plan concrete next steps. Steph encourages anyone thinking about therapy to take the first step. She offers straightforward guidance, gentle challenge and the kind of listening that helps people feel heard and understood.
Working together, she supports people as they try new ways of living that feel more hopeful.
How Steph uses talking therapies online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and empathy. The therapist creates a non-judgemental space and follows the person's priorities, helping them feel heard and clearer about what they want to change. This approach can help with stress, anxiety and low self-esteem by building self-awareness and confidence.Existential Therapy looks at questions of meaning, choice and responsibility. It helps people who feel stuck or unsure about life direction to consider what matters to them and to make decisions that reflect their values. This can be useful for those struggling with life purpose, commitment issues or grief.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Steph will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and then try ways of working together that fit. That collaborative process means therapy can shift over time as needs change.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing and want ongoing support between calls. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Commitment issues
- Depression
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Self esteem
- Self-love
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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