About Stella
Stella Scrivens is a person-centred counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She works in a warm, non-judgemental manner and aims to help people feel heard and respected as they talk about difficult issues. Stella welcomes conversations about stress, anxiety, addictions, grief and depression among other concerns.
She believes the client is the expert on their own life and sees her role as walking alongside them rather than directing or diagnosing.
Background and approach
That approach means sessions focus on the person's experience and what they want to change. Stella aims to help people make sense of their feelings and find practical steps forward. Her practice draws on a range of approaches including client-centred ideas, mindfulness, psychodynamic perspectives and trauma-focused work.
She also uses hypnotherapy in sessions when appropriate, and has experience with techniques described as helping with phobias and fear of flying. Stella adapts the way she works to suit each individual's needs. Stella has three years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
She has supported people through relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting pressures, career stress, eating and sleeping problems, and long-term health and caregiving challenges. People come to Stella for help with coping after traumatic events, handling addiction and managing ADHD-related difficulties. She offers a calm presence and practical conversation to help clients identify next steps and build coping resources.
Therapeutic approaches and online working
Stella uses client-centred ideas which focus on listening, acceptance and helping the person lead the pace and goals of therapy. This approach suits people who want a supportive space to talk through difficult feelings and decide what matters to them.She also draws on trauma-focused methods that aim to process distressing memories and reduce their impact on day-to-day life. These methods can be helpful for people coping with trauma, abuse or ongoing effects of upsetting events.
Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options and adapt techniques to fit a client’s needs, goals and preferences rather than imposing a single method. Together they decide what to try and review progress as they go.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face discussion when needed, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suit brief check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments and can make regular contact simpler to maintain.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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