Wendy Stirling, BACP
Wendy Stirling offers calm, practical support for people facing anxiety, stress, depression and life changes.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and Abuse
- +14 more
About Wendy
Wendy Stirling offers calm, practical support for people facing anxiety, stress, depression and life changes. She meets each person where they are and works alongside them to tackle problems that feel overwhelming. Wendy aims to make first steps feel manageable and clear so people can build momentum toward better days.
Wendy draws on ten years of professional experience and a background of extended personal work in therapy. She uses a blend of approaches to match what each person needs rather than applying one fixed method.
Background and approach
Conversations are shaped around the client’s goals and pace so sessions stay relevant and focused. Her practice covers common concerns such as grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting pressures, career strain, and coping with trauma or abuse. She also helps with stress from caregiving, addiction-related issues, body image and self-esteem, and matters linked to identity including LGBT concerns.
Wendy often works with attachment and relationship patterns, and she supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption or foster-care histories, autism spectrum challenges, and personality-related difficulties. She explains ideas plainly and uses exercises or short tasks between sessions when those are helpful. The BACP credential appears on her profile and denotes registration with a leading UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged to fit different schedules and time zones for international clients. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability. Wendy aims for straightforward, compassionate conversations that help people feel understood and able to make practical changes.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 402476 | October 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Wendy works with
Everything Wendy lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Wendy lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of relating that developed in close relationships. It helps people understand how those patterns affect current relationships, closeness and trust, and it is useful for intimacy issues, abandonment themes and connection difficulties.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Wendy listens to what you want to change, discusses options and adapts methods to suit your goals and preferences rather than following a single method. She aims to make the plan practical and workable for your life.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers short check-ins and text messaging works well for ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility for varied schedules and locations and make it easier to fit therapy into daily life.
Frequently asked
What specific difficulties does she help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting pressures, addictions and career strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is conversational and goal-focused, blending methods such as cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-informed work to match each person’s needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience and several years of personal therapeutic work that inform her practice.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration, which indicates professional status with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she is available to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to client preference.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, then scheduling sessions based on the therapist’s availability.
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