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Ffyona Duncan, NCPS

Credentials: NCPS
Experience: 3 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsSelf esteem Depression

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Ffyona Duncan offers compassionate, straightforward counselling informed by attachment work and cognitive behavioural ideas. She works with stress, anxiety and mood concerns, and helps people facing relationship and family-related challenges. Ffyona uses practical conversation to build on strengths and increase coping skills.

Ffyona is registered with NCPS, which is shown as NCPS. She brings three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. That background includes supporting people dealing with low self-esteem, motivation struggles and confidence issues.

Background and approach

Her approach starts from the view that the client is the expert in their own life. Sessions focus on helping people notice patterns, make small changes and try new responses. Techniques include talking through current problems, using mindfulness to calm thoughts and working on practical steps that improve day-to-day functioning.

Ffyona also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current difficulties. She uses elements of Jungian thinking and narrative ways of looking at personal stories when that fits the person. This mix helps when people face grief, trauma, addiction concerns and intimacy-related struggles.

She offers a calm, encouraging space for parents worried about family strain, people coping with life changes and those facing complex emotional issues. Work can include exploring family-of-origin patterns, addressing codependency or tackling anger and substance-related problems. Ffyona aims to support people as they try new ways of relating and recovering balance.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-based work focuses on how earlier relationships shape current feelings and reactions. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in relationships, explore emotional responses and try different ways of relating in day-to-day life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and change unhelpful behaviour. Mindfulness therapy encourages present-moment awareness and simple practices to calm the body and mind, which can ease stress and improve focus.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss different ways of working and make a decision together based on the person’s needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying one method for a few sessions and adjusting if another approach feels like a better fit.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone calls suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera, chat can work for brief check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and day-to-day life while keeping the focus on practical change and emotional support.

What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and mood concerns, plus relationship and family issues and a wide range of other challenges listed in her specialities.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is practical and person-focused, combining attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness so people gain insight and everyday coping skills.

What experience does she have?

She has three years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom supporting people with self-esteem, motivation, family conflict and related concerns.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with NCPS, shown in her credentials as NCPS.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Work with her can take place through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, depending on the person’s preference.

How are fees and subscriptions handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin a therapy process with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also listed

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 3 years
Registered with: NCPS
Languages: English

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Ffyona Duncan, NCPS

Background and approach

How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety