About Wendy
Wendy Stratford is a counsellor with 14 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She supports people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and grief. Wendy aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where someone can begin to feel heard.
She adapts conversations and plans to each person's needs rather than using a single approach for everyone. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage distress and make day-to-day life feel more manageable.
Background and approach
Wendy talks through coping strategies and ways to reduce overwhelming feelings. Wendy works with issues that often occur together, such as sleep problems, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties and the effects of past abuse. She also has a particular focus on experiences like abandonment, dissociation, guilt and shame, and post-traumatic stress.
This helps when someone has complex reactions after difficult events. People who are caring for others - and who feel drained or at risk of compassion fatigue - can find support for setting boundaries and restoring some balance. She also supports those dealing with parenting strain and career-related stress.
Wendy is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers sessions in English and works online by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. If someone is ready to begin, Wendy encourages taking the first step and will tailor the work to the individual's goals.
Approaches that suit online therapy
Wendy draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasise clear, practical steps and emotional understanding. One common approach focuses on learning specific coping skills to reduce anxiety and manage stress, such as breathing or grounding exercises and simple behavioural changes that can improve sleep and mood.Another useful method addresses trauma-related reactions by helping someone make sense of distressing memories and their effects. This work often includes paced conversations about difficult experiences, techniques to reduce overwhelm, and building safety and stability in daily routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Wendy works collaboratively to identify what fits best with a person's needs, goals and preferences rather than imposing a single method. She reviews progress and adjusts the plan over time so the work stays relevant and helpful.
Online sessions offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or suit lower bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit support into a work break or to reflect in writing between sessions. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on the work you want to do.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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