Counsellor profile
Heather Beveridge, BACP, NCPS
Counsellor - stress and identity support
See online counselling options- ACT
- CBT
- Person centred
About Heather
Counsellor Heather Beveridge is a member of BACP and NCPS and has three years of counselling experience in the UK. She works with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship problems and identity concerns including LGBT and gender dysphoria.
Heather draws on a person-centred stance while integrating a range of approaches. She sees the person in front of her as the expert on their life and uses that as the starting point for sessions. Conversations focus on practical ways to manage feelings and build everyday coping skills.
Her background includes many years in psychology-related roles, such as social work, mental health support, special educational needs assistance and lecturing. That variety informs a practical, down-to-earth style in sessions and familiarity with different life stages and settings.
Heather works with a broad set of concerns listed as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, self-esteem, ADHD, hoarding, obsessions and compulsions, phobias, postpartum depression, self-harm and sexual assault and abuse. She also supports people dealing with prejudice and discrimination, infidelity, jealousy and compassion fatigue.
In sessions she draws on a mix of therapies including cognitive behavioural methods, psychodynamic ideas, acceptance and commitment techniques and attachment-focused ways of thinking. The emphasis is on collaborative work that helps people notice patterns and try practical steps between meetings.
For anyone in the UK thinking about counselling, Heather asks prospective clients to use the site process to match and book a first appointment. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
How her approaches work in online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression and coping with life changes by teaching simple exercises to use between sessions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and uses practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, phobias, obsessions and low mood. Attachment-based work pays attention to how early relationships affect current connections and helps people understand patterns in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Heather will discuss different methods with the client and agree what to try based on needs, goals and personal preference. That means the first few sessions are for understanding the problem, deciding on an approach and planning small tasks to try between meetings.
The biography does not list specific session formats here, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare or other commitments. They also make shorter check-ins possible and can remove the need to travel, which helps some people keep therapy going alongside everyday life.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What sort of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions and relationship issues, plus identity concerns such as LGBT matters and gender dysphoria.
What is her style in sessions?
Her practice is person-centred and integrative. That means conversations focus on the client's perspective while using techniques from different therapies to try practical steps.
How long has she been practising?
She has three years of counselling experience and a longer background working in psychology-related roles such as social work and mental health support.
Which professional bodies is she on?
She is listed with BACP and NCPS as supplied in her profile and works in the United Kingdom.
Can I have sessions in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
The biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
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.