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May Brown, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 8 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Family conflictsGriefSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes
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May Brown is a counsellor who uses humanistic and evidence-informed approaches to help people navigate difficult life moments. She holds BACP registration and brings eight years of clinical experience to online work. May writes plainly and makes therapy part of ongoing self-care rather than waiting for crisis.
She focuses on issues such as grief, depression, anxiety, stress and self-esteem. Relationship and intimacy-related concerns are also within her practice, along with parenting challenges and blended family issues.
Background and approach
She has worked with the effects of trauma and abuse and supports people facing multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. Client-centred methods keep the person and their goals at the centre of each session.
May also uses elements from dialectical behaviour therapy, existential and narrative therapies when they fit a person's needs. Sessions aim to be practical and conversational. The therapist helps people notice repeated patterns, talk through painful emotions and develop clearer ways to relate to themselves and others.
Work can include managing distress, building coping skills and making changes that feel manageable. May practises from the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
People who want to begin are invited to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions.
How May's approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses; online sessions can help people notice and change unhelpful patterns in everyday life. Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's experience and goals, offering a listening space where the therapist follows the client's pace and priorities. Dialectical behaviour therapy, used in parts, teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right approach is part of the work. May will discuss your concerns and preferences and adapt methods to suit your aims. This is a collaborative process that may combine ideas from several approaches to match what helps you most.
Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels useful. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, people who prefer writing, or those who want more frequent support between sessions. Registered and accredited professionals offer these formats to make therapy more accessible and manageable alongside day-to-day commitments.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
Contacting May
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