Stephen Matthews, BACP

Stephen Matthews is a UK-credentialed counsellor with three years of professional experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and depression, as well as a range of related concerns including attachment and abandonment issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, and men's issues.

He also brings experience supporting clients with autism and ADHD, and has volunteered as a counsellor with a bereavement service, offering focused help during particularly difficult times. His work emphasises being heard and understood, and he has helped clients who felt listened to for the first time in their therapeutic experience.

Stephen’s primary approach is person-centred therapy, which places the client at the centre of the work and prioritises understanding the client’s thoughts and feelings in the moment. He combines this foundation with practical strategies and tools drawn from other evidence-based techniques to address immediate difficulties and build longer term coping skills. He aims to empower clients toward greater autonomy and more productive day-to-day functioning, supporting them for as long as they need with the option to return to therapy if required.