Counsellor profile
Wendy Brook, BACP
Counsellor - trauma and relationships
See online counselling options- Attachment-based work
- Client-centred approach
- DBT skills
About Wendy
Counsellor and BACP member Wendy Brook has 24 years of experience working in the United Kingdom with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, addictions, depression and relationship issues. She uses approaches such as attachment-based work, client-centred practice and dialectical behaviour therapy to help people understand feelings and patterns that cause distress.
Wendy describes trauma broadly, including events or experiences that felt overwhelming at the time. She has experience helping people whose difficulties show up as anxiety, addiction, anger, low mood, or problems with intimacy and self-esteem. She also works with parenting stress, career concerns, grief and long-term health challenges.
Her way of working focuses on listening and helping clients recognise patterns in how they think, feel and relate. She offers practical tools alongside talking work, drawing on evidence-informed methods such as DBT skills for managing intense emotions and client-centred listening to make sense of experience.
Wendy has spent many years in practice and brings that background to sessions. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, usually shortened to BACP.
Outside work she spends time with family and her Labrador, enjoys long walks and painting in watercolours. To begin she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule their first session via the online counselling options button.
How Wendy’s approaches are used in online counselling
Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and behaviour. Online work using attachment ideas can help people spot patterns in how they relate to others and understand where intense reactions come from.Client-centred counselling focuses on listening and reflecting. In an online setting this means the counsellor follows the client’s pace, clarifies what matters most and helps people make sense of their own thoughts and feelings.
Dialectical behaviour therapy, or DBT, offers practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. When used in remote sessions it can include teaching breathing and grounding techniques, practising distress tolerance and planning steady changes to daily routines.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Wendy will discuss options with the client and agree a plan based on needs, goals and preferences. That decision is made together rather than fixed in advance.
Practical benefits of online counselling include fitting sessions around work and family, reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. Confirm the exact session formats on the booking page before you sign up, as the biography does not list them. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly use remote sessions to help people keep therapy within everyday life.
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Experience
24+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she typically help with?
Wendy helps with trauma and abuse, addictions, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and related concerns such as anger, self-esteem and grief.
What style of therapy does she use?
She draws on attachment-based work, client-centred counselling and dialectical behaviour therapy among other approaches to combine talking and practical skills.
How long has she been practising?
She has 24 years of experience working with people on a wide range of emotional and relationship concerns.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often shown as BACP.
Can I have sessions in other languages or from abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently taking international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Click the See online counselling options button, complete a 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.