Wendy Russell
Warm person-centred counsellor for life and relationship worries
About Wendy
Wendy Russell offers counselling rooted in a person-centred approach. She aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where people can talk about anxiety, depression, stress and relationship concerns. Wendy uses straightforward language and practical tools so conversations feel useful from the start.
Wendy has seven years of experience working with issues such as loneliness, purpose and career worries. She also supports people facing grief, compassion fatigue, self-esteem struggles and intimacy-related concerns.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with people exploring kink, BDSM and alternative sex culture alongside more common relationship topics like communication problems, infidelity and commitment issues. She blends Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and solution-focused techniques to suit each person. Wendy also draws on mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas when they help make sense of feelings and patterns.
Sessions often include gentle reflection and practical tasks to try between meetings. People who meet Wendy can expect a warm, down-to-earth manner and a collaborative way of working. She sometimes suggests short exercises to practice between sessions to build new skills.
Conversations are paced to match what the person needs at that moment. Wendy works with adults in the United Kingdom and communicates in English. Her professional memberships include BACP and NCPS, which appear in her listed credentials.
To begin, visitors are invited to use the site process to be matched and schedule sessions.
What Wendy works with
How Wendy works
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Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. In practice this means sessions that encourage people to talk through their feelings while the counsellor helps them find their own answers, useful for issues like low self-esteem and relationship doubts.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) works by spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical exercises. It can be effective for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes because it gives clear steps to try between sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple paying-attention practices to reduce stress and bring a calmer perspective. Short guided exercises can help with overwhelm and ongoing worry.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to select or blend methods that suit their goals and preferences. That means plans can change over time as needs shift and new issues come up.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are good when visual connection helps the work. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break during a busy day. Live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life and to choose what feels most comfortable for each session.
| 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
- Depression
Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
