Stilyana Massey, BACP

Stilyana Massey offers a calm, respectful space for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or grief. She introduces gentle, practical steps and listens without judgement. Her approach is personal and straightforward, aimed at helping people move towards clearer thinking and more manageable days.

Stilyana works from methods that focus on the person in front of her. She uses Client-Centred Therapy to shape conversations around each person’s experience. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and Solution-Focused Therapy to find small, achievable changes.

Her biography records four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She keeps sessions focused on immediate concerns like panic, depression, grief and life transitions. Stilyana adapts the pace and style to match what each person needs in the moment.

People often come for help with relationship-related worries such as attachment and abandonment, or with issues around body image, guilt and shame. She also supports those managing chronic pain, illness or the stress of caregiving. Practical communication skills and clearer boundaries are common topics in her work.

Stilyana speaks English and Bulgarian. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and helps people set realistic goals. To begin, a short questionnaire and a scheduling step are used to match people to sessions and plan the next steps.

How her approaches work in online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens carefully and follows the person’s lead, helping them to make sense of feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers simple ways to test and change unhelpful thinking. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small steps and practical solutions that can be tried between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and recommend which methods to try first. That decision is made together and can change as progress is made or new issues arise.

Online therapy can help fit support into a busy life. It can make it easier to attend sessions without extra travel and can allow shorter check-ins if that suits a day at work. If you plan to start, confirm which session formats are offered before booking so you know how sessions will be arranged. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these approaches for online work to focus on practical skills, emotional understanding and step-by-step problem solving.