Wendy Stirling, BACP
10 years in practice
Wendy Stirling is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and difficult life changes.
License and registration
- BACP
- 402476 · expires October 2026
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Wendy
Wendy Stirling is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and difficult life changes. She works with issues such as trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addiction, parenting strain and low self-esteem. Wendy brings a practical, compassionate style to sessions and aims to make the first steps feel less overwhelming.
She trained and practises with a range of approaches, including Jungian therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Background and approach
Wendy uses these methods to help people reflect on personal patterns, clarify values and build practical coping strategies. Sessions are conversational and tailored to each person’s needs rather than following a fixed script. Wendy holds BACP registration, and she draws on around ten years of professional experience.
Her own long-term engagement with therapy informs how she listens and responds, with sensitivity to each person’s history and strengths. She avoids one-size-fits-all solutions and works at a steady pace that suits the individual. Conversations in therapy might include exploring personal stories, noticing recurring themes, and practising small behavioural steps.
She also uses cognitive tools to address unhelpful thoughts and attachment-based ideas to strengthen relationships. The aim is to help people feel more able to cope and make clearer choices about their lives. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged from the United Kingdom.
Wendy accepts international clients and adapts formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Wendy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Wendy names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches work online
Wendy commonly draws on Jungian therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Jungian therapy looks at personal stories, recurring symbols and life themes to help people understand themselves better; it can be useful for those wanting deeper reflection on identity and meaning. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking practical steps despite difficult thoughts and feelings, which helps with anxiety, depression and coping with life changes.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Wendy will explore your goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then adapt methods together. That collaborative process means the plan can change as you learn more about what helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can suit short check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping a steady therapeutic rhythm.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Wendy help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma as well as relationship, parenting and intimacy-related issues. Additional areas include grief, addictions, self-esteem and career concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She combines reflective work with practical exercises. Conversations are client-centred and shaped around personal goals and values.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Wendy has around ten years of professional experience and completed extended personal therapy before qualifying. That background informs her attentive and paced approach.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
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