Avril Harding, BACP
6 years in practice
Avril Harding is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain.
License and registration
- BACP
- 400821 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Avril
Avril Harding is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. She speaks plainly and creates space for clients to talk about difficult feelings. Avril encourages small steps and recognises how hard it can be to ask for help.
She uses a blend of approaches to match what each person needs. Sessions often focus on what matters to the client now, and on practical ways to manage upsetting thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Avril also pays attention to how early attachments and relationships shape current patterns. With six years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), she draws on evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioural techniques and acceptance and commitment ideas. These tools are used in straightforward ways, for example spotting unhelpful thinking patterns or practising values-based actions.
Clients can expect a calm, non-judgemental tone in sessions. Avril aims to help people notice their choices, build coping skills and clarify what matters to them. Conversations cover everyday pressures as well as deeper issues like trauma, grief, addiction and identity concerns.
She offers online and remote formats that suit different schedules and needs. International clients may be supported in English. Avril works alongside each person to set realistic goals and to adjust the approach as progress unfolds.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Avril lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Avril names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Avril's approaches translate to online therapy
Existential therapy asks questions about meaning, choice and responsibility. In practice this can look like talking through difficult decisions, clarifying values and noticing where life feels stuck. It helps when people want to make sense of big changes or feel more grounded in their day-to-day life.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on accepting difficult feelings while committing to actions that match personal values. That might involve simple exercises to notice thoughts, short behavioural experiments or setting small goals to rebuild routines and connection.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. Avril will discuss different ways of working and tailor the mix to a person's needs and preferences. This collaborative planning helps clients try methods and refine what feels most helpful over time.
Online therapy with Avril is available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Video sessions work well for a fuller conversational experience, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of difficulties does Avril help with?
Avril supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. She also works with issues such as trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, ADHD and workplace or parenting pressures.
What is Avril's therapeutic style like?
Her style is open and non-judgemental. Sessions blend existential reflection with practical techniques to manage thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
How long has Avril been practising?
She has six years of professional experience in counselling and therapeutic work.
What credentials and location are listed?
Avril is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients can be supported.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Avril?
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