Andrew Wood
Practical counselling for life changes
About Andrew
Andrew Wood helps people facing relationship strain, grief, career transition, stress, anxiety and addiction. He supports those coping with life changes, sleep problems, parenting challenges, anger and self-esteem struggles. He also works with mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, and long-term issues like compassion fatigue and ADHD.
Andrew practices in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Andrew keeps sessions straightforward and practical. He listens first, then helps clients set clear goals for change.
Background and approach
Sessions can feel like focused conversations where people identify small steps that make daily life easier. He combines coaching and counselling to suit each person’s needs. His approach draws on client-centred work to follow the person’s lead, solution-focused techniques to build quick, achievable changes, and systemic ideas to look at relationships and wider life patterns.
This mix is adapted to what the client wants to address. Andrew explains options and agrees a plan together. Andrew holds the BACP credential from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
He has seven years of experience working in various mental health settings. Before independent practice he held roles in NHS services and employee assistance programmes, where he managed teams and service delivery. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then book sessions according to the therapist’s schedule. Fees vary with location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What Andrew works with
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Sessions & fees
How his approaches work online
Andrew uses client-centred therapy to follow the person’s pace and priorities. This approach focuses on listening and reflecting so the client feels understood and can make their own choices. It is helpful for people who want a supportive space to talk through personal or emotional concerns.He also uses solution-focused therapy to identify practical steps and small goals. Sessions look for what works now and build on strengths to create change quickly. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, relationship problems and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, test different techniques and agree what feels most helpful. Andrew tailors the mix of methods to the person’s needs and adjusts as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer written communication. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and travel.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
