Svetlana Hodge, BACP

Svetlana Hodge is a person-centred counsellor who creates a warm, compassionate, and non-judgemental space where clients can explore life’s challenges at their own pace. She approaches therapy with the belief that people have inner resources for healing and growth, and she supports clients as they reconnect with those strengths while navigating change and difficulty.

Working relationally, Svetlana places empathy and authenticity at the heart of her practice. She offers attentive listening and reflective guidance for those feeling overwhelmed by anxiety or stress, struggling with low mood or self-worth, processing grief and loss, or coping with transitions that feel destabilising. Her style emphasises understanding and collaboration rather than directive instruction.

Areas of focus include anxiety and stress, depression, self-esteem and identity, life transitions, emotional overwhelm, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, and cultural displacement and integration. She also works with family and parenting concerns and supports clients facing a range of relationship and personal challenges.

Svetlana works in the United Kingdom and offers therapy in English, Russian, and Ukrainian. She is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and welcomes enquiries from individuals seeking an empathetic, person-centred approach to therapy.

Client-centred and relational approaches in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on creating a supportive, non-directive environment where the client leads the conversation and the therapist offers empathy and reflective listening. This approach helps people who are working through issues such as anxiety, low mood, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions by encouraging exploration of personal strengths and values.

A relational way of working emphasises the therapeutic relationship itself as a source of change. By practising genuine empathy and consistency, the therapist helps clients make sense of patterns in relationships, attachment concerns, and family dynamics, including parenting and blended family issues.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Svetlana collaborates with each client to identify the best fit based on individual needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the way she works as those needs evolve.

Online therapy via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility that can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to access support from different locations. These formats allow registered professionals to provide regular, ongoing care while accommodating differing comfort levels with real-time conversation or written communication.