Phillippa Stacy
Practical, compassionate therapy for life’s hard moments
About Phillippa
Phillippa Stacy helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, depression, anger, addictions and many other concerns. She supports those coping with sleep or eating difficulties, low self‑esteem, career pressure, compassion fatigue and the challenges that come with life changes. Phillippa also works with issues linked to trauma, intimacy, bipolar disorder and caregiver stress.
She is a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP. Pillippa brings nine years of practice to her work and speaks from both professional and personal experience.
Background and approach
Living with a long‑term autoimmune condition has shaped her understanding of chronic illness and the small, practical ways life can be hard. That perspective informs how she listens and responds in sessions. Her style is direct and person‑centred.
She aims to create a calm, non‑judgemental space where people can talk through patterns of thinking and behaviour. Conversations focus on concrete choices and steps rather than jargon or labels. Pillippa draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural tools, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment‑focused thinking and emotionally focused work.
These methods are adapted to the person in front of her, with clear practical exercises when they are helpful. Sessions often emphasise improving communication, reducing avoidance, and building everyday coping skills. She also supports practical matters like managing impulsivity, hoarding tendencies, or the emotional load of caring roles.
Phillippa aims to help people regain a sense of agency and make changes that fit their life.
What Phillippa works with
How Phillippa works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with chronic health issues. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviours through practical exercises and homework. It often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems. Attachment‑based ideas look at how early patterns affect current relationships and can be helpful when intimacy or communication keeps causing problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Phillippa will talk with each person about needs, goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. That process is collaborative and can be adjusted over time as priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different routines. Video is useful for more in‑depth therapeutic work, phone calls can be a shorter check‑in or better when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit people who prefer writing or need flexible check‑ins. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties or when travel is difficult, while keeping the focus on practical steps and progress.
| 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
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
