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Beverley "Bev" Reid, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 8 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesDepression
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Beverley "Bev" Reid is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, with eight years of professional experience in the UK. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues and depression. Bev aims to offer a respectful and compassionate space for people who are ready to explore change.
She prefers straightforward work in sessions. Conversations focus on what is troubling the person now and on practical steps that feel manageable.
Background and approach
Bev supports people to understand patterns that cause distress and to try new ways of coping. Bev also works with concerns linked to abandonment, attachment, body image and caregiver stress. She supports people dealing with divorce, commitment worries, guilt, shame and problems around intimacy or infidelity.
Bev has experience supporting those facing fertility challenges, HIV or AIDS related issues, and end-of-life or hospice matters. Her style is calm and down-to-earth. She listens carefully and helps people set realistic goals.
Sessions are tailored so people can move at a pace that suits them. Bev offers appointments through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. She works in English and does not take international clients.
To begin, a person chooses the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Bev draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to make change clear and achievable. One common approach she uses helps people recognise unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns, and then practice different ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and low mood. This is useful for stress, anxiety and depression.Another strand of her work focuses on understanding attachment and relationship patterns. This helps people map how early experiences or past hurts affect current relationships and intimacy, and supports changes in the way they connect with others.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Bev will talk with each person about their concerns, goals and preferences, and together they decide which techniques to try first. Methods can change over time as needs evolve and progress is reviewed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be an easier option if bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messages suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typed conversation. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or daily life.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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