Niamh Allen
Experienced BACP counsellor focused on practical help
About Niamh
Niamh Allen is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She uses a compassionate, collaborative style to help people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, eating concerns, addiction or issues connected to sexual orientation. Niamh aims to create a calm space where people feel heard and respected as they begin therapy.
Niamh tailors each session to the person in front of her rather than applying a single fixed method.
Background and approach
She draws from approaches such as cognitive behavioural ideas, acceptance and commitment principles, attachment-focused work and emotionally focused methods to match the moment and the goals. This means sessions can include practical coping strategies, reflection on patterns, and attention to relationships and feelings.
With five years of experience, she has worked with people facing depression, social anxiety, loneliness and relationship difficulties alongside addictions and eating or food-related issues. She also addresses difficult feelings like guilt, shame and struggles around life purpose and forgiveness. That breadth helps her adapt to different concerns and preferences.
Niamh explains things plainly and invites clients to set the pace. Conversations are collaborative and aim to build skills and understanding over time. She accepts international clients and carries the BACP title MBACP (Accred) as a registered member.
To begin, a short questionnaire helps match people to a suitable path and then sessions are scheduled in line with the therapist's availability.
What Niamh works with
How Niamh works
Listed by Niamh among the ways they work.
Listed by Niamh among the ways they work.
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Listed by Niamh among the ways they work.
Listed by Niamh among the ways they work.
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Sessions & fees
How these approaches shape online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match personal values; it is often useful for anxiety, low mood and life-direction questions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thought and behaviour patterns and uses practical exercises to reduce distress and build new habits, which can help with anxiety, depression and social fears. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early and current relationship patterns influence feelings and reactions, and it helps people understand and change those patterns in their close relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals and try methods that suit their needs and preferences. Adjustments are made as therapy progresses so people find what helps them most.
Please confirm which online session formats are offered before booking, as the biography does not list formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also make it simpler to keep continuity of care if someone has moved or is living abroad, while the therapist and client decide together how best to structure sessions to meet practical needs.
| 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
- LGBT
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
