About Yvonne
Yvonne Wood is a counsellor who supports people dealing with anxiety, stress, grief and relationship problems. She works with adults to help them make sense of difficult experiences and to find more steady ways of coping. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, and she aims to create a calm, listening space where people feel heard.
Yvonne bases her practice on Person-Centred counselling and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Background and approach
She uses that person-focused lens alongside other approaches when helpful. Sessions are conversational and paced to suit each person’s needs. She has around five years of professional experience and has worked in both independent practice and voluntary roles supporting people affected by childhood sexual abuse and other trauma.
That background informs how she supports people through grief, self-esteem struggles, and the impact of past hurts on present life. In sessions she helps people to notice patterns, name feelings, and try small changes that can ease distress. Cognitive tools and mindfulness exercises are used where they match a person’s goals.
Yvonne aims to help people build practical ways to manage anxiety, daily stress, and life transitions. Her work also covers concerns such as addiction, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, career worries and chronic health challenges. She encourages a steady, collaborative pace so people can work through issues without feeling rushed.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Yvonne commonly draws on Person-Centred work together with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness techniques. Person-Centred counselling focuses on listening without judgement and helping people find their own solutions; it suits people who need a steady space to talk and reflect. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviours affect feelings and offers practical strategies to reduce anxiety and stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to calm the body and notice sensations without getting overwhelmed.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they shape a plan and try techniques that fit the individual's life and pace, adjusting as progress is made.
Online therapy makes those approaches easier to access. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer written reflection or need flexible contact between sessions. These options offer practical ways to fit therapy around work, family life and health needs while keeping the focus on steady, collaborative support.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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