Yvonne Wood, BACP

Yvonne Wood offers counselling for adults facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, stress, anxiety and addictive behaviours. She also helps people struggling with intimacy issues, eating concerns, parenting pressures, career doubts and compassion fatigue. Yvonne is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and uses a person-centred stance in her work.

Yvonne keeps sessions simple and grounded. She aims to listen without judgement and to help clients make sense of painful experiences. In conversation she looks for patterns in thoughts and feelings and supports people to reconnect with their own values and needs. She describes counselling as a joint process that moves at the client’s pace.

Her practice draws on person-centred counselling alongside other approaches such as attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. These are brought in carefully and only when they fit what a person wants to work on. The aim is practical: clearer thinking, better emotional regulation, and more choice in how to respond to difficult situations.

Yvonne trained to degree level in person-centred counselling and has built five years of professional experience. She has also worked in voluntary roles supporting people who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and trauma. Her background means she is familiar with long-term recovery and the kinds of challenges that can follow trauma.

Sessions focus on what feels important to each person. Yvonne encourages realistic steps, helps people practise new ways of coping, and supports them as they try different approaches. She welcomes questions and will explain how the work could look before any commitment is made.

How Yvonne’s approaches work in online therapy

Yvonne commonly uses a person-centred way of working alongside attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques. Person-centred counselling focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel understood and can find their own answers, which helps with anxiety, low mood and life changes. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can be useful for intimacy, abandonment and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers practical ways to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, which often helps with anxiety, stress and depressive symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Yvonne will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful and then suggest which methods to try together. The choice is collaborative and can be reviewed as therapy progresses.

Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people manage appointments around work or caregiving responsibilities. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can adapt exercises, mindfulness practice and CBT tasks so they work well in remote sessions.