May Brown
Humanistic counsellor helping with life changes
About May
May Brown works from a humanistic, client-centred perspective that puts the person's experience at the heart of therapy. She uses practical conversations to help people make sense of anxiety, depression, grief and low self-esteem. Sessions aim to be humane and down-to-earth, not clinical or overly technical.
May has a BACP accreditation and brings eight years of experience to her practice. She has worked in acute mental health settings and has led both one-to-one and group work.
Background and approach
That background means she is used to supporting people through intense emotional times and complex life events. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns. She also uses narrative and existential techniques to help people name their difficulties and consider what gives life meaning.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills are used when people need practical ways to manage stress, strong emotions or interpersonal conflict. May places emphasis on everyday changes that make a difference. She helps people notice patterns that hold them back and try small experiments to test new ways of relating and coping.
Conversations include exploring family of origin issues, identity and multicultural concerns when these are important to the person. People who come to May commonly talk about parenting strains, blended family issues, work stress, grief, trauma, relationship problems and feelings of emptiness or shame. She also supports those dealing with compassion fatigue, immigration challenges and prejudice-related stress.
Sessions are offered in English and are arranged to fit around a person’s life, whether through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
What May works with
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Sessions & fees
Practical therapeutic approaches for online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections. It helps people identify repeating dynamics and consider new ways of relating in close relationships. Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's own pace and perspective, offering a listening space where people can tell their story and find clarity about what matters to them. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, or DBT, brings concrete skills for managing intense emotions, reducing reactivity and improving communication in stressful moments.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the person about their goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they will try approaches and adjust the focus over time so the method fits the person's needs.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters, while phone sessions can work better when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work even when in-person meetings are difficult.
| 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
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
