Stephen Matthews
Warm person-centred counsellor
About Stephen
Stephen Matthews is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He has three years of professional experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. He also brings experience working with autism and attention difficulties, and volunteers at a bereavement service.
Stephen aims to make the room welcoming and non-judgemental. He helps people speak about difficult feelings and make small practical changes.
Background and approach
He describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client's goals guide the work. His main approach is person-centred therapy, which focuses on understanding the person's experience and building their confidence. He combines this with practical strategies drawn from other evidence-based techniques to tackle day-to-day problems.
That mixture lets people manage symptoms and build skills for everyday life. Sessions often include talking through recent challenges, learning ways to cope with stress, and practising clearer communication. For people dealing with loss or post-traumatic stress, he offers steady, patient support and space to process difficult memories.
He also helps people explore issues around abandonment, attachment, guilt and life purpose. Stephen supports men who wish to talk about mental health and identity issues, and he works with carers dealing with ongoing strain. Therapy is paced to each person, with the aim of strengthening independence so people can step back from therapy when they are ready.
What Stephen works with
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches work online
Person-centred therapy focuses on the person's experience and on creating a non-judgemental space. It helps people feel heard, build self-understanding and gain confidence to make changes in their life. This approach suits worries like low mood, feeling stuck and problems with self-worth.He also draws on practical, evidence-based techniques to teach coping skills and improve daily functioning. These strategies aim to reduce anxiety, manage stress, improve communication and support recovery after trauma by giving clear tools to use between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to the person's needs, goals and preferences and recommend a mix of ways to help. Clients and the therapist decide collaboratively which methods to use and adjust them as the work progresses.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when travel is difficult, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text sessions suit short check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life while keeping continuity with the same counsellor.
| 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
