Stacey Coombes
Supportive counsellor for anxiety and life change
About Stacey
Stacey Coombes offers calm, direct support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain, or major life changes. She introduces simple steps and steady listening so thoughts and feelings feel clearer. Stacey explains options and helps people try new ways of coping at a pace that suits them.
Stacey has ten years of practice as a counsellor and psychotherapist and holds NCPS. She uses a gentle, person-centred stance that focuses on each individual's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all method.
Background and approach
Practical tools are combined with space to talk through painful or confusing experiences. Her work covers a broad range of concerns including mood difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stresses, eating and body image problems, and issues around intimacy and sexual health. She also pays attention to attachment patterns, communication problems, anger and impulsivity, and the practical effects of relationship separation.
In sessions Stacey draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to notice unhelpful thinking and on acceptance-based ideas to build tolerance for difficult feelings. She also uses emotionally-focused and attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape reactions and patterns. This mix is chosen to match what each person needs in the moment.
Sessions can involve talking, simple exercises, practical strategies and reflection on past patterns. Stacey aims to make the process straightforward and manageable, so people can try new ways of living and relating without feeling rushed.
What Stacey works with
How Stacey works
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Sessions & fees
How Stacey's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and then choose actions that fit their values. It supports managing anxiety, stress, and life transitions by teaching practical skills and gentle acceptance. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting patterns of thought and behaviour that keep problems going and testing small practical changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns affect how people connect and react to stress, which can help with intimacy issues and communication problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Stacey will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they will try methods and adapt them as needed so the plan fits real life and changes over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video is good for a full conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Chat and messaging let people send thoughts in writing between calls and can fit around work or childcare. These options aim to make regular contact easier to manage alongside daily 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
