Isabelle Dubois, BACP

Isabelle Dubois is a counsellor who follows a relational, integrative approach. She combines conversation and reflection to help people facing stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain and life transitions such as midlife change. Isabelle uses simple, steady language and encourages practical steps to help people feel more in control.

She brings 22 years of clinical experience working in multicultural NHS settings and in private practice. Much of her work has involved GP-referred clients with overlapping concerns like motivation, confidence, depression and relational difficulties. That background means she is used to helping people who arrive with several worries at once.

In sessions she focuses on building a trusting connection and understanding how past relationships affect current patterns. Isabelle draws on attachment-informed ideas to look at long-standing ways of relating and on emotionally-focused techniques to name and work with strong feelings. She also uses client-centred and mindfulness approaches to help people notice thoughts and choose different responses.

Her practical style includes setting small goals and checking what helps between meetings. Isabelle supports discussion of topics such as grief, parenting stresses, addictions, sleep problems and career uncertainty. She also works with issues like abandonment, body image and communication problems.

Sessions can be conducted in English or French. The first step is to complete the site questionnaire and arrange a time that fits the client’s schedule.

How relational and mindfulness approaches translate to online work

Attachment-informed work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of relating. Online sessions can be used to map those patterns and practise new responses to triggers and closeness issues. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and express core emotions and shift interactional cycles. It can support work on relationship stress and strong feelings by using focused conversation to change patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches noticing thoughts and bodily signals with curiosity, helping with anxiety, sleep problems and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the person to decide which methods suit their needs and goals. That collaborative planning includes trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting if something is not working.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Many people find online appointments easier to fit into work and family life and useful for shorter check-ins or when quieter surroundings are needed. Online work also removes travel time and can make scheduling more flexible, which helps keep therapeutic work consistent alongside everyday commitments.