Fiona Adams, BACP

Fiona Adams is a psychotherapist and counsellor with five years' experience supporting people through major life strains. She holds BACP accreditation, and she offers calm, attentive listening to help clients talk through what is most worrying them. Fiona aims to make sessions feel straightforward and practical rather than overwhelming.

Her way of working blends everyday talking with structured techniques. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. She also draws on attachment ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. Mindfulness practices are offered to help manage stress and improve sleep.

Fiona has worked with people affected by trauma and sexual abuse and has experience in a sexual abuse charity. She has particular knowledge of fertility and pregnancy-related distress, including traumatic birth, stillbirth and baby loss, and supports parents and partners through those experiences.

Her background includes private practice work with people in medical roles and emergency services. That experience shapes a practical, down-to-earth style that aims to balance reflection with workable steps for coping. Sessions are conversational and paced to each person’s needs.

Fiona invites clients to identify the immediate problems first, such as panic, low mood, sleep disruption or relationship strain, and then work together on manageable ways forward. She encourages small changes that fit into everyday life and reviews progress as therapy continues.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Fiona often uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behaviour. It can help with anxiety, panic, sleep problems and low mood. Mindfulness involves simple attention and breathing practices to reduce rumination and increase calm, which can support stress, grief and sleep difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to choose methods that suit their goals and preferences. This might mean trying a short practical exercise, reflecting on past patterns, or combining techniques over a few sessions to see what helps.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or medical appointments. It also lets people use brief check-ins when time is tight and keeps travel time down. Many people find that clear, simple CBT tasks and short mindfulness exercises transfer well to online sessions and can be practised between meetings.