Robyn Ramsay
Supportive counsellor for stress and anxiety
About Robyn
Robyn Ramsay helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports those facing compassion fatigue, ADHD challenges, addictions, anger and life changes. Robyn works with concerns around LGBT issues and women’s issues as well as social anxiety and panic.
She uses straightforward, practical support aimed at making day-to-day life feel more manageable. Robyn is a BACP counsellor with three years' experience. BACP stands for British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Background and approach
She believes people know their own stories and brings that respect into every session. Conversations focus on what the client wants to change and what is already working for them. Her style is collaborative and gentle.
Sessions are paced to match each person’s needs. Robyn draws on cognitive behavioural methods to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take small steps towards them.
Solution-focused techniques are used to set clear, short-term goals. Client-centred listening creates space to be heard without judgement. Robyn has additional interest in attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, body image, kink and alternative sex culture, and multicultural concerns.
People can expect plain language and practical tools in sessions rather than clinical jargon. The aim is to reduce overwhelm and build useful strategies for everyday life. Robyn offers support that is steady, respectful and goal oriented.
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Sessions & fees
How Robyn’s Approaches Work Online
Robyn uses cognitive behavioural therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, helps people spot patterns of thought that cause distress and then try practical ways to change those patterns. Acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to someone and taking small committed actions towards those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Robyn will discuss goals and preferences during early sessions and adapt methods as needed. She works collaboratively to find what fits each person’s situation rather than prescribing a single method from the start.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a less visual check-in is preferred. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, flexible scheduling or times when someone wants to type rather than speak. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
| 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
