About Waverley
Waverley Young is a counsellor with 15 years of experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. He also supports those dealing with low self-esteem, trauma, eating concerns and phobias.
He trained in counselling and psychotherapy and completed a diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which he uses alongside client-centred and solution-focused ways of working. Over the years he has worked in local authorities, children’s services, charities and independent practice.
Background and approach
That background gives him a broad view of different family and care situations. Waverley takes a practical, down-to-earth approach. He helps people name the problems that get in the way and then tries small, realistic steps to change them.
Sessions can focus on thoughts and behaviours, building self-compassion, or finding quick actions that bring relief. He has experience supporting people affected by bereavement and has worked with looked-after children and young adults leaving care. He has also provided clinical supervision to other counsellors, helping them reflect on their practice and follow professional standards.
Waverley pays attention to cultural and personal differences and aims to make therapy relevant to each person’s life. He works with parents on fatherhood issues and family problems, and addresses concerns such as body image, social anxiety and self-harm when they come up in sessions.
Online approaches that focus on practical change
Client-Centred Therapy centres the person and their experience. The therapist listens carefully and follows what matters most to the client, helping people feel heard and understood and then choose their next steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together. It uses straightforward techniques to reduce anxiety, manage phobias and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable goals and what works well now rather than dwelling on problems. Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Waverley will discuss the different methods with each person and agree on a plan together. That means trying techniques that match the person’s goals, adapting them if needed, and checking progress as therapy continues. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever suits them, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging support shorter check-ins or notes between sessions. These formats give flexibility for weeknight appointments, travel and different comfort levels with being on camera, while keeping therapy focused on practical steps and steady progress.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Body image
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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