Fiona Platts, BACP

Fiona Platts is a counsellor who uses a client-centred approach to support people through midlife and other major life changes. She works in plain language and focuses on helping people find practical ways to cope. Fiona aims to make early sessions feel manageable and straightforward for anyone feeling overwhelmed.

She has three years of hands-on experience working in private practice and online. Her work covers stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, trauma and abuse, and depression. Fiona also helps people facing career uncertainty, parenting strains, compassion fatigue and body image concerns.

Fiona adapts each session to the person's needs. She offers listening, gentle challenge and practical steps to try between meetings. Her client-centred style means the person sets the pace and the topics are guided by what matters most to them.

She also draws on existential ideas when clients are wrestling with life meaning, identity or big transitions. For trauma-related work she uses trauma-focused methods tailored to the person’s readiness to address painful memories. Sessions aim to build coping skills and clearer thinking about next steps.

Fiona practises in the United Kingdom and works in English. She supports people through issues such as blended family tensions, caregiving stress, codependency, communication problems, divorce and forgiveness. Fiona encourages small, steady steps and practical tools to help people move forward.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the person needs in the moment. It helps people who want a non-judgemental space to talk things through and to set the pace for change.

Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and identity. It can help when midlife questions, life transitions or feelings of emptiness are a central concern.

Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on reducing the impact of painful memories and reactions. Work is paced according to readiness and aims to build coping skills alongside processing difficult experiences.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods best fit their needs, goals and preferences, and will review this together as work progresses.

For practicalities, please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work hours, reduce travel, and allow shorter check-ins when life is busy. It also lets people access support from where they live while keeping appointments part of everyday routines.