May Pope , NCPS

May Pope is a counsellor who supports people navigating stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, depression, and challenges related to ADHD and neurodiversity. She works from a person-centred foundation and draws on evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioural therapy when appropriate, blending compassion with practical therapeutic tools to address panic, distress, and day-to-day difficulties. May places emphasis on building a constructive therapeutic relationship that can model healthier ways of relating to others and to oneself, with the aim that those relational skills carry into family and social life.

Her specialist practice includes trauma work and supporting neurodivergent clients, including people with ADHD and autism. She is completing a master's degree that focuses on autism spectrum differences in women and the impact of family estrangement, and she has undertaken additional continuing professional development in trauma and complex PTSD to deepen her skills in that area. May also has experience working with psychosis, addiction and alcoholism, and personality presentations such as borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder, while she does not take referrals for eating disorders or children at this time.

May offers regular sessions on a weekly or fortnightly basis, and some people move to monthly check-ins to support a gradual ending. She provides both short-term and long-term counselling options. May holds the NCPS credential, indicating formal qualification in counselling practice.

Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Support

May draws on person-centred counselling, a form of therapy that prioritizes the client’s own experience and encourages self-exploration in a non-judgemental way. This approach supports people coping with low mood, relationship difficulties, and challenges around identity and self-worth by focusing on empathy and collaboration.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques when helpful - practical strategies that examine links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours to reduce anxiety, manage stress and address patterns that maintain depression or panic. Additionally, May applies trauma-informed methods for people affected by abuse or complex trauma, attending to safety, pacing and stabilisation while working through difficult memories and responses.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and May works collaboratively to identify which methods best match each person’s goals, preferences and needs. She and the client review progress and adapt the plan over time to support meaningful change.

Online therapy offers flexibility to access licensed professionals from different locations through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These options make scheduling easier, enable ongoing support between in-person appointments, and allow people to engage in therapy in ways that fit their daily life and communication style.