Stephanie Cartwright, BACP

Stephanie Cartwright is a UK-based counsellor with eight years of practice supporting people who are ready to make meaningful changes in their lives. She works with a wide range of clients - including professionals, stay-at-home mums and students - and supports concerns such as depression, anxiety, bereavement and relationship difficulties. She frequently works with people who ask what else they can try on their own or whether they are to blame, and she offers focused help to rebuild self-esteem and confidence after breakups or within unhappy partnerships.

Stephanie has worked within a hospice setting, supporting clients with both terminal and non-terminal diagnoses as well as their carers, helping families adjust to changing circumstances and find ways to move forward while grieving. Her practice is geared toward achieving practical, timely results, with sessions concentrated on each person’s priorities and tailored to the individual’s needs.

Her therapeutic approach combines client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies - an integration intended to identify and activate a person’s existing strengths and to provide tools for greater control and focus between sessions. Clients are often given priorities or small tasks to work on between meetings so they can start to integrate change into daily life. Stephanie holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and designs her work around mental, emotional, spiritual and physical wellbeing viewed as an integrated whole.

Approaches, Online Support, and Practical Benefits

Stephanie uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, non-directive space where each person’s experience is heard and their own resources are uncovered. This approach helps people explore relationship issues, self-esteem concerns and life transitions while feeling understood by their therapist.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and change patterns of thinking and behaviour that contribute to problems like anxiety, depression and sleep difficulties. CBT focuses on practical strategies and small experiments that can reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Solution-focused therapy is a brief, goal-oriented method that helps clients clarify what they want to achieve and build on existing strengths to reach those goals. It is especially useful when someone wants targeted change and clear steps to move forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Stephanie works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. She tailors sessions so the chosen methods suit the individual.

Online therapy with Stephanie is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. These options make it easier to access registered professionals from home or work and to continue therapy when life is changing.