Counsellor profile
Genevieve Walters, BACP
Counsellor - trauma and life changes
See online counselling options- Integrative counsellor
- Narrative methods
- BACP member
About Genevieve
Counsellor Genevieve Walters is a BACP member with 18 years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and many life changes. She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, addictions, depression, bipolar and ADHD, as well as relationship and parenting concerns.
Genevieve trained to a Master of Social Sciences in Counselling Psychology and has practised since 2003. Her background includes managing counselling teams in response to national disasters and the pandemic. She has worked in bereavement services, hospices and high schools, and has supported government employees, teachers, nurses and firefighters with vicarious trauma and burnout.
Her approach is integrative, with a preference for Narrative Therapy. She explains that people make sense of themselves through the stories they tell, and she uses talking and creative methods to notice different perspectives. She also uses Client-Centred and Existential ideas to focus on the person's experience and choices.
Sessions can use reflective and creative methods alongside practical techniques for acute stress and trauma responses. She runs training for counsellors in theory and practice in higher education, which informs her clinical work. Genevieve aims to help people build perspective, trust in themselves and day-to-day wellbeing.
Her practice follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Ethical Framework, and she holds public liability insurance for face-to-face and remote working. If you want to proceed, select the See online counselling options button and complete the matching questionnaire to schedule a first session.
How her approaches work for online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the centre. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows what matters most to the client. This approach is useful for building trust and for everyday worries such as anxiety or low self-esteem.Narrative Therapy treats problems as separate from the person. It looks at the stories people tell about their lives and seeks different angles on those stories. This can help with grief, relationship issues and adjusting after loss or trauma.
Finding the right approach is something to do together. Genevieve will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, and then suggest ways of working that fit the situation. That choice can change as work progresses and as needs shift.
Confirm the available session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online counselling can make sessions easier to fit around work, family and travel. It can also allow a shorter check-in when time is tight, or let someone avoid camera use if that helps. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often offer these practical benefits to help therapy fit into everyday life.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and bipolar. She also helps with relationship, parenting, addiction and workplace-related strains.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her work is integrative with a preference for Narrative Therapy. She combines talking and creative methods and uses practical techniques for acute stress and trauma responses.
What experience does she bring?
She has practised since 2003 and has managed counselling teams after national disasters and during the pandemic. She has worked in hospices, bereavement services and schools.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted. Check practical arrangements when you complete the matching questionnaire.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online counselling options button, fill in the short matching questionnaire and then schedule your first appointment.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.