Wendy Dunbar
Practical, person-centred counselling for life challenges
About Wendy
Wendy Dunbar offers one-to-one counselling for people coping with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief and depression. She presents a calm, down-to-earth presence and aims to help people find small, manageable steps forward when life feels overwhelming. Wendy uses a person-centred way of working that places the client's experience at the heart of sessions.
She listens without judgement and helps clients make sense of painful feelings. The focus is on building trust so a person can begin to reconnect with themselves and others.
Background and approach
Her practice draws on three years of professional experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. This means she follows the association's standards for ethical practice and professional development. Wendy has a background supporting people with long-term health problems and with emotional responses to illness.
She also has experience working in education settings where she supported those with learning and behavioural challenges, and collaborated with other services to provide joined-up care. In sessions she helps people work through issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and impulsivity.
She also supports people facing panic attacks, mood disorders and problems linked to separation and loss. Her approach is practical and rooted in listening. Wendy encourages people to notice strengths they already have and to try new ways of coping.
She aims to create space for healing and clearer decision making.
What Wendy works with
Sessions & fees
Approaches and how online therapy can help
Person-centred counselling focuses on the client's own experience. The therapist listens with empathy and reflects what is said to help people better understand their feelings and choices. This approach is helpful for worries about self-worth, grief and general anxiety.Work that addresses emotional responses to chronic illness and pain looks at how long-term health problems affect mood and daily life. It includes practical coping ideas and attention to how the body and emotions interact, which can ease overwhelm and support clearer decision making.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, needs and preferences and will try different ways of working to see what fits best. This is a collaborative process and the plan can be adjusted as the work progresses.
Online sessions are offered by registered or accredited professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful when face-to-face contact helps the conversation, while phone sessions can suit times with limited bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and messaging work well for shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving and when people prefer typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work and family 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
