Yvonne Wood, BACP

Yvonne Wood is a fully qualified person-centred counsellor and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), offering compassionate support to adults from a wide range of backgrounds. She combines a degree in Person-Centred Counselling with an integrative approach, drawing on complementary methods where helpful to tailor support to each individual’s needs.

Working in private practice and in a voluntary capacity supporting people who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and trauma, she specialises in relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, coping with life changes, stress, anxiety, addictions, family and intimacy-related issues, eating difficulties, parenting and career concerns, depression, coaching, and compassion fatigue. Yvonne believes that people are the experts in their own lives and seeks to create a respectful, non-judgemental space in which clients can explore emotions, identify patterns, and reconnect with personal values and needs.

Across sessions she aims to support clients as they untangle difficult experiences, build emotional resilience, and move toward greater clarity and self-acceptance. Yvonne invites anyone who feels stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin to reach out and take the first step toward change with a practitioner who will listen and walk alongside them.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support

Yvonne draws primarily on person-centred (client-centred) work, attachment-based ideas, and cognitive behavioural techniques to guide online therapy. Client-centred therapy emphasises empathic listening and a non-judgemental presence, helping people explore feelings, strengthen self-understanding, and rebuild self-esteem. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and intimacy, which can be useful for issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, and relationship challenges. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and developing practical strategies to manage anxiety, low mood, stress, and related problems.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the therapy process. Yvonne works collaboratively with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and circumstances, and together they decide which methods to emphasise. This collaborative stance helps tailor sessions to what will be most useful for the individual.

Online options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support from different locations. These formats can increase flexibility for scheduling, allow for continuity when travel or work make in-person appointments difficult, and support ongoing, paced engagement between sessions with registered professionals and therapists.