Fiona Adams , BACP

Fiona Adams is a professionally trained psychotherapist and counsellor who listens closely and helps people explore the issues affecting their mental health. She works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, panic, stress, anger, low self-esteem, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and sexual abuse, and other challenges that can undermine wellbeing.

Her therapeutic training includes person-centred work and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Over time she has adapted her approach to integrate psychodynamic ideas and attachment-focused work, enabling exploration of deeper patterns and greater self-awareness. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness practices to help clients respond differently to difficult thoughts and feelings.

Fiona aims to provide a supportive, nurturing environment where clients feel heard and accepted while they identify the sources of distress and work toward change. She has experience helping people whose stress and anxiety affect sleep and daily functioning, and she offers tools to reduce overthinking and manage negative thought cycles.

Her background includes work with a sexual abuse charity and specialist training in fertility and pregnancy-related issues. She supports people coping with post-pregnancy trauma, traumatic birth, stillbirth and baby loss, working with both mothers and partners. Fiona has also worked extensively with clients from medical and emergency services professions. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and of the British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA)

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Sessions

Fiona commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships influence current patterns - this approach helps people understand difficulties with trust, intimacy and repeated relational problems. She also works with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a practical, goal-focused method that examines the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress. Additionally she incorporates Mindfulness Therapy to help clients develop present-moment awareness and skills for managing overwhelming emotions.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process and Fiona treats it as a collaborative task. She will work with each person to identify their goals, preferences and needs, and together they will choose or adapt methods that fit the client’s situation.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions are delivered - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging - which can make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments. These options allow licensed professionals to provide consistent, ongoing support to people who may not be able to attend in-person appointments, making therapy more accessible while preserving the therapeutic relationship.