About Svetlana
Svetlana Hodge is a BACP-registered counsellor who offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people feeling stressed or anxious. She writes plainly and listens closely, helping people talk through difficult feelings and make small, practical changes they can use day to day. Svetlana works in a person-centred way.
That means sessions focus on what matters to the individual and move at a pace that feels right. She aims to help people reconnect with their own strengths and make sense of overwhelming thoughts and emotions.
Background and approach
Many people come to her for help with anxiety, stress, depression and life transitions. She also supports those dealing with relationship problems, separation and blended family issues, and challenges linked to caregiving, chronic illness, or body image concerns. Svetlana pays attention to how attachment and abandonment experiences can shape current feelings and behaviours.
Sessions are offered in English, Russian and Ukrainian, and Svetlana works with people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Her three years of experience mean she draws on tried approaches without rushing the process. She keeps the work practical and relational rather than theoretical.
Practical concerns like communication problems, codependency, control issues and eating or food-related worries are also part of her focus. People who prefer a warm, empathetic listener who gently encourages exploration may find her approach helpful. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then book sessions that suit their schedule.
Svetlana supports different session formats so people can choose what fits their life.
Person-centred approaches and online therapy options
Svetlana uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on understanding a person's perspective and following their pace. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, low mood and life transitions because it centres the person's own experience and choices.She works relationally with empathy and authenticity, giving space for people to talk through feelings like abandonment, attachment worries or family-related strain. That relational focus helps when someone needs a steady, attentive listener rather than directive advice.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Svetlana will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. She pays attention to how sessions feel and adjusts style and pace as the relationship develops.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video is useful for a fuller conversational feel, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing work between sessions. These options increase flexibility and help people choose the way of working that suits them best.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Russian, Ukrainian
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