Fionnuala Curley
Gentle practical therapy for everyday struggles
About Fionnuala
Fionnuala Curley helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and changes that feel overwhelming. She uses simple, practical conversations to help people make sense of problems and find manageable steps forward. Fionnuala writes in a direct and warm way and keeps sessions focused on what matters most to each person.
Fionnuala has three years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She blends a few therapeutic ideas to suit each person rather than using one fixed method.
Background and approach
Sessions are designed around the client’s pace and goals, with options for short check-ins or deeper work. Her style is interactive and respectful. She avoids labels and aims to create a calm space where people can talk frankly about relationship strain, grief, career worries, parenting stress or feelings of emptiness.
Practical tools and reflective discussion are used together so insights can lead to real change. Fionnuala also works with issues linked to family life such as blended family dynamics, fatherhood concerns and communication problems. She pays attention to emotional patterns like codependency, guilt and shame so clients can better understand their choices and reactions.
Sessions are available across the United Kingdom and to international clients in English. Fionnuala supports people who want help with intimacy-related issues, infertility worries, compassion fatigue or navigating life purpose. Her aim is to help people feel more in control and more hopeful about their next steps.
What Fionnuala works with
How Fionnuala works
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Sessions & fees
How Fionnuala's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on building a supportive, non-judgemental relationship where the person’s own goals guide the work. It helps when someone needs a listening space to explore feelings, values and choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns; it is often useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to recurring emotional patterns and past experiences that influence current behaviour and can help when someone wants to understand deeper roots of their reactions.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to try methods that fit the person’s needs, goals and preferences. That may mean using practical CBT techniques one week and a more exploratory conversation the next, with plans adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, family and travel. Video calls let conversations feel close to in-person sessions, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to fit sessions into a busy life.
| 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
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
