Hayley Mayer, ACA

Hayley Mayer is an ACA counsellor with 11 years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem and coping with life changes, offering a calm and respectful presence for people who feel stuck or unsure about their next step.

Hayley tends to shape sessions around each person's needs. Conversations are practical and down-to-earth. She aims to help people build clearer priorities and small steps that fit into everyday life. There is an emphasis on easing overwhelm and strengthening confidence.

Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centred principles, so clients can expect work on values, acceptance and clearer personal goals. Attachment-based ideas and existential questions also appear when relationships or life purpose are central concerns. Motivational Interviewing may be used to support commitment to change.

Hayley has supported people through issues such as emptiness, guilt and shame, jealousy, infidelity and midlife crisis. She also works with workplace stress, social anxiety, young adult challenges, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and people dealing with self-harm or low self-love.

Sessions are tailored and collaborative. Hayley sees the first step as understanding where a person is at now, then setting achievable goals together. She encourages small experiments and ongoing review so plans stay realistic and useful.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that suits them. Hayley describes this work as supporting and empowering people as they make changes.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Hayley uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) which focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small, values-guided actions even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. ACT can help with anxiety, low motivation and life transitions.

She also draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which centres on listening, empathy and working at a pace that suits the person. This approach can help people feel heard and build confidence to try new ways of coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences and everyday demands. Choices are reviewed as therapy progresses so the plan stays useful and realistic.

The practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions into a busy week, easier access when travel is difficult, and options for shorter check-ins if needed. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm the available formats before booking to make sure they fit your routine. Appropriately qualified therapists can then help you plan how to use online sessions alongside other day-to-day commitments.