Fiona Wetherell
Experienced trauma-informed counsellor
About Fiona
Fiona Wetherell is a counsellor with eight years' experience supporting people through trauma, relationship difficulties and mental health struggles. She holds BACP registration, which indicates adherence to professional standards. Fiona writes in a warm, direct way and aims to make sessions feel straightforward and practical for someone who is worried or uncertain about therapy.
Her background includes long-term roles at a rape crisis centre and in women’s refuges, where she provided counselling after sexual violence and domestic abuse.
Background and approach
That work shapeed her focus on safety, listening and helping people name what has happened to them. She draws on a range of therapeutic ideas to match what each person needs rather than following a single method. In sessions Fiona concentrates on building a strong working relationship.
She helps people look at early life experiences to understand current patterns and where painful reactions come from. This can lead to clearer choices and small, manageable steps towards change. Sessions are typically 45 minutes and she offers flexible scheduling - weekly, fortnightly or monthly arrangements are possible.
Fiona aims to offer warmth and a non-judgemental space where people can be properly heard and understood. If someone wants a counsellor who listens carefully, asks practical questions and adapts to individual needs, Fiona presents a steady, experienced option for navigating stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns and issues linked to trauma and abuse.
What Fiona works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic ways of working online
Fiona uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to suit what each person needs. One common approach is working to understand how early life experiences shape current feelings and behaviours - this helps when people notice repeated patterns in relationships or struggle with low self-esteem. Another focus is trauma-informed support, which emphasises careful pacing, stabilisation and helping people make sense of distressing events so they feel less overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Fiona will talk with the client about their goals, symptoms and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try and how to pace the work. That shared planning means the approach can change if something is not working or if priorities shift.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing facial cues matters, phone sessions can fit around a busy day or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care, fit sessions around work or family commitments, and choose the format that feels most comfortable.
| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
