About Heather
Heather Beveridge is a counsellor with three years' formal counselling experience and a long background working in psychology-related roles. She presents as non-judgemental and inclusive, and aims to help people feel more empowered and find practical ways to improve day-to-day life. Heather uses an integrative approach and blends methods to suit each person.
She begins by listening and helping clients set simple, achievable goals. Sessions are collaborative and paced to what the individual can manage.
Background and approach
Her past roles include work as a social worker, mental health worker, special educational needs teaching assistant and lecturer in psychology. That variety informs a down-to-earth style and an ability to draw on different ideas when needed. Heather commonly supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma-related concerns.
She also works with issues such as phobias, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, addictions and challenges connected to gender identity and prejudice. In the therapy room she relies on person-centred values - treating each person as the expert on their life - while bringing in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and psychodynamic ideas when they help.
Her aim is to create a space where people feel heard and understood, and can make steady changes that fit their life. People who want practical tools, honest listening and a flexible approach often find her style helpful. Heather offers sessions in English and can work with international clients by online formats.
How Heather's approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them, and on choosing actions that match personal values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress and situations where avoidance has become a problem.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for phobias, anxiety and low mood because it gives clear strategies to try between sessions.
Attachment-Based ideas help people understand how early relationships affect current ways of relating to others and themselves. These perspectives can be helpful when trust, insecurity or relationship patterns are a focus of the work.
Choosing the right approach is a shared task. Heather will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then try methods that match those aims. She adapts the process if something isn’t helping and makes decisions together with each person.
Online sessions give flexibility and a range of ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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