Stephanie Cartwright, BACP

Stephanie Cartwright is a counsellor in the United Kingdom who focuses on practical ways to help people make lasting change. She uses a straightforward style that aims to build confidence and give tools people can use between sessions. Her work is aimed at everyday problems like anxiety, low mood, relationship doubts and grief.

She has eight years of practice and draws on experience from a range of settings, including hospice work. That hospice background informs how she supports people through bereavement and end-of-life related concerns. Her clients come from varied backgrounds and she adapts to different life situations.

Stephanie combines client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural ideas and solution-focused work. In sessions she listens, helps clarify priorities and suggests small, practical steps to try between appointments. Tasks between sessions are often used to change unhelpful thinking or behaviour and to build new habits.

She also pays attention to wider wellbeing, bringing together mental, emotional, spiritual and physical aspects. This whole-person view guides how she helps people manage stress, improve sleep, cope with career and life transitions, and rebuild self-esteem after relationship changes.

The aim is short-term progress that fits into a busy life. Sessions are shaped around what matters most to the individual and focus on usable strategies to feel more in control and move forward.

How her approaches suit online counselling

Client-centred therapy begins by listening to what matters most to the person. It focuses on understanding and reflecting back a person’s thoughts and feelings so they feel heard and clearer about their priorities. Cognitive behavioural therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and introduces small experiments and tasks to change thinking and behaviour over time. Both approaches are practical for tackling anxiety, low mood, relationship doubts and coping with life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then make a shared plan. That collaborative process helps match techniques to the person’s needs rather than applying one fixed method.

Confirm the exact session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when life is hectic. It can also make it simpler to bring written notes or exercises to a session and to continue practical tasks between appointments.