Stephanie Cartwright, BACP

Stephanie Cartwright is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on helping people make practical changes in their lives. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns, including questions like "is it me?" or "what else can I try on my own?" Her aim is to help clients regain confidence and take forward steps after relationship breakdowns or other life shifts.

She has eight years of experience and has worked in a hospice setting supporting people with terminal and non-terminal diagnoses and their carers. This background means she is familiar with grief, end-of-life concerns and the strain that serious illness places on relationships and daily life.

Stephanie offers short-term, focused sessions. Sessions centre on the priorities the person brings and on practical tasks between meetings. She often uses brief exercises and agreed priorities so people can test changes between sessions and notice what helps in day-to-day life.

Her approach blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused ideas. That means conversations start from the person’s experience while also identifying thoughts and behaviours to try differently. Mindfulness is used where helpful to build awareness and calm.

Over eight years she has shaped a way of working that looks at mental, emotional, spiritual and physical wellbeing together. The aim is to help people feel more in control and gradually integrate change so they can move towards a life they want.

Approaches you might use in online therapy

Stephanie combines client-centred work with cognitive behavioural and solution-focused ideas to help people find practical ways forward. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s experience, offering a listening, non-judgemental space that helps people clarify what matters most and feel understood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviours keep problems going and introduces small experiments and strategies to change them, useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy homes in on what is already working and sets short, practical goals to build momentum and confidence.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s needs, goals and preferences. Sessions can combine listening, practical exercises and brief tasks to try between meetings so progress can be tested and reviewed together.

The specifics of how online sessions run should be confirmed before booking. Please check which session formats are currently offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins on a lunch break, or suit quieter surroundings when concentration is needed. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often find that the same approaches used in person can also work well at a distance when adapted to each person’s circumstances.