Wendy Stirling, BACP

Wendy Stirling welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or big life changes. She supports those coping with depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, and difficulties with self-esteem. Wendy approaches each person as an individual and aims to build a respectful, compassionate space to talk things through.

Wendy has a BACP credential, and she brings ten years of professional experience to her work. She also describes having spent several years in her own therapy, which she says shaped how she listens and responds. She uses that combination of personal insight and clinical practice to tailor conversations and plans to each person’s needs.

Her approach draws on a mix of well-known therapies. Wendy uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small steps towards them. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and try out new ways of reacting. Attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas inform how she works with difficult patterns in close relationships.

Wendy lists many areas she can help with, including grief, addictions, parenting concerns, body image, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress and career worries. She also notes work with neurodiversity-related matters such as autism and Asperger Syndrome, and with personality-related difficulties.

She works from the perspective that therapy is collaborative. Wendy adapts pace and focus so people can bring what matters to them and move at their own speed.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Wendy uses approaches that focus on values, relationships and everyday thinking. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify what matters to them, and take small steps towards those values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and when people feel stuck.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and offers simple experiments to test new ways of responding. It can help with anxiety, depression and managing stressful situations.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy journey. Wendy will work with each person to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change as the work progresses.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments and travel. They can also offer shorter check-ins, fewer travel delays and simpler ways to keep continuity when life changes.