Steven Worswick
Gentle, practical support for difficult times
About Steven
Steven Worswick is a counsellor who aims to make the first step easier for people who are worried or unsure. He acknowledges how daunting it can feel to reach out and tries to create a calm, respectful space so people can speak honestly. Steven holds BACP accreditation, which indicates his membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
He practises a client-centred way of working that keeps the person's own experience at the heart of sessions.
Background and approach
He also uses solution-focused techniques to help people find practical steps forward. For people affected by distressing events, he draws on trauma-focused approaches to address upsetting memories and reactions. Steven describes his style as warm and interactive.
Sessions tend to be conversational and paced to the individual rather than following rigid exercises. He emphasises respect, sensitivity and compassion in every meeting. He has four years of professional experience and has worked with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, stress, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, career change and problems linked to trauma.
His background includes work alongside emergency services personnel, which has informed his understanding of high-stress roles. People can expect practical conversation about current problems alongside space to process difficult feelings. Steven supports clients to identify small, manageable changes and to build on their own strengths.
He encourages questions and works collaboratively on goals and next steps.
What Steven works with
How Steven works
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Sessions & fees
How Steven’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and creating a respectful space for them to talk. The counsellor follows the person's lead, reflects what they say and helps them make sense of their feelings. This approach helps when someone needs empathy and a non-judgemental listener.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical steps and on what is already working. Sessions often identify short-term goals and experiments to try between meetings, which can help with problems like stress, low mood or relationship difficulties.
Trauma-Focused Therapy looks at the effects of distressing events and uses strategies to reduce their ongoing impact. This can be helpful for people who are dealing with upsetting memories, strong emotional reactions, or difficulties sleeping and concentrating after a traumatic event.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, hopes and practical constraints, and then suggest ways to proceed. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, childcare or travel. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation without commuting, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit brief check-ins or those who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into day-to-day life and to continue work between sessions.
| 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
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
