Wendy Stirling, BACP

Wendy Stirling offers practical, down-to-earth counselling for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or intimacy concerns. She works in a calm, respectful way and focuses on helping clients take small steps toward clearer choices and greater wellbeing. Wendy uses plain language and listens for what matters most to each person.

Wendy trained and practised in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation, which she uses alongside ten years of professional experience. She also draws on substantial personal therapy experience, which shapes how she listens and responds. Her background informs sensitive work around trauma, loss, self-esteem and motivation.

In sessions she adapts the conversation to fit each client’s needs. Wendy uses a mix of approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, and attachment-focused thinking to understand relationship patterns. She aims for straightforward strategies clients can use between sessions.

Wendy often supports people working through major life changes, parenting strain, career worries, grief and issues around identity, including LGBT concerns. She also offers help with addiction-related struggles, body image and eating concerns, and communication or control difficulties.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Wendy encourages people to set small, realistic goals and reviews progress together. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

How Wendy's approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that align with those values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and when life changes feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new ways of responding, which can be helpful for anxiety, depression and eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and can help when past hurts affect how people relate now.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Wendy will discuss options with each person and agree a plan based on goals, preferences and what has helped before. That way the approach remains flexible and collaborative rather than fixed from the start.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the exact formats available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or making sessions possible when travel would be difficult. Online sessions also allow practical exercises to be done in a client's usual environment. Registered or accredited professionals can guide you on how to adapt tools and practices for remote work so therapy feels useful and manageable.