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Fiona Waddle, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 7 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Relationship issuesTrauma and abuse GriefParenting issuesCoping with life changes

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Fiona Waddle is a BACP counsellor who has practised for seven years in the United Kingdom. She moved from a background in fine art and community projects into psychotherapy after discovering how creative group work often opened up personal conversations. That experience, and her own time in therapy, inspired her to train and work with people facing difficult life moments.

Fiona helps people dealing with relationship strain, the impact of trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and the pressures of parenting.

Background and approach

She also supports people coping with major life changes and related struggles such as abandonment, attachment concerns, codependency, communication problems and control issues. Her work includes helping with body image, eating and food-related issues, and caregiver stress. Her main approach is person centred therapy, which means she focuses on listening and responding to the person sat across from her.

She combines that base with mindfulness, solution-focused tools and trauma-focused work to suit each person’s needs. Fiona describes therapy as a way to untangle confusing feelings and build everyday coping skills. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

She has experience working in a hospice, a wellbeing clinic, with a national UK charity on groupwork for people affected by domestic abuse, and in independent practice. Fiona keeps up professional development and works within the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

Her aim is to make the first steps into therapy as manageable and useful as possible, helping people build resilience, self-care and emotional awareness.

How Fiona adapts therapeutic approaches for online work

Fiona uses a person centred approach that focuses on listening and building a respectful connection. This method helps people feel heard and seen, and it supports exploration of relationship or attachment issues and emotional concerns.

She also uses mindfulness practices to help people notice thoughts and bodily sensations in the moment. Mindfulness can assist with anxiety, stress, body image worries and trauma-related symptoms by teaching simple attention and grounding skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Fiona will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then agree on a combination of methods to try. This is a collaborative process with adjustments as therapy moves forward.

Online sessions are offered by video call, telephone, live chat and text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for more in-depth sessions where visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone wants a quieter check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, emotional support between sessions or people who prefer writing to talking. These options aim to make counselling fit around work, family and daily life rather than the other way around.

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges and coping with life changes, plus related concerns like abandonment, attachment issues and codependency.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her base is person centred work with a strong emphasis on listening and responding. She blends mindfulness, solution-focused strategies and trauma-focused approaches to match what each person needs.

What is her professional background?

She trained to postgraduate level in psychotherapeutic counselling and has seven years of clinical experience across hospice care, a wellbeing clinic, charity groupwork and independent practice.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practises in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

Which languages are used in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time and works with clients in the United Kingdom.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, telephone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and routines.

How does the cost and subscription work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model which can be cancelled at any time.

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 7 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Fiona Waddle, BACP

Background and approach

How Fiona adapts therapeutic approaches for online work

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

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