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Muriel Tafts, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 4 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

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Muriel Tafts is a counsellor with a Foundation Degree in Integrated Counselling and four years of post-qualification experience. She holds BACP registration and works from the United Kingdom. Muriel focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and career or life changes.

Muriel creates a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk honestly about their feelings. She encourages curiosity about how thoughts, emotions and behaviours connect.

Background and approach

Together with the person she sets clear goals early on and checks progress every few weeks. Her practice combines client-centred listening with practical tools from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and insight from psychodynamic ideas. This mix is used to look at current patterns and to try small changes between sessions.

Muriel also shares plain information about common psychological experiences so people understand what they are facing. Clients can expect to agree goals within the first three sessions and to review how things are going about every four weeks. Muriel supports exploration of issues such as abandonment, attachment worries, guilt and shame, communication problems, loneliness, and difficulties with work or money.

She is currently studying for an MSc in Workplace Health and Wellbeing and has undertaken additional training in topics like addiction and depression. Muriel frames therapy as a collaborative process where healing happens step by step, with the person leading the pace and priorities.

Therapeutic approaches for online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy is built around sensitive listening and the person’s own pace. The counsellor offers acceptance and reflection so people can find their own answers, which can help with self-esteem, relationships and life direction.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, usually called CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It uses straightforward techniques to try different ways of thinking and acting, which is often helpful for anxiety, stress and social fears.

Psychodynamic work looks at patterns that repeat across relationships and time. It helps uncover underlying feelings and past influences so people can make different choices in the present.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Muriel will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs and comfort level. That choice can adapt as sessions progress, with regular reviews to see what helps most.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation without travel, phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging work well for quick thoughts, ongoing check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on progress.

What problems does Muriel help with?

Muriel works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, career challenges and coping with life changes. She also focuses on issues like abandonment, attachment, loneliness, guilt and workplace concerns.

How would she approach my therapy?

Her style mixes listening with practical work. She uses client-centred conversations, CBT techniques and psychodynamic ideas to identify patterns and try small changes between sessions.

What is her background and experience?

She has a Foundation Degree in Integrated Counselling and four years of post-qualification experience, with earlier placement work while training. She is also studying for an MSc in Workplace Health and Wellbeing.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Muriel offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are sessions paid for?

Sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and the cost varies with location and therapist availability.

How do I start working with her?

To begin, select 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
Trauma and abuse

Also listed

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 4 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Muriel Tafts, BACP

Background and approach

Therapeutic approaches for online counselling

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety