Fiona Platts, BACP
3 years in practice
Fiona Platts is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 394746 · expires December 2026
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
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About Fiona
Fiona Platts is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and brings three years of direct client work to her practice. Fiona focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, grief and relationship difficulties in straightforward, practical ways.
Fiona listens first and then helps people notice new possibilities for change. Sessions are steered by the person in front of her, with work tailored to each individual need.
Background and approach
She takes pace and comfort seriously and checks in about how quickly to move at each step. Her approach draws on existential ideas that ask what matters most to a person right now. That can help when life feels empty, overwhelming or stuck.
She also uses client-centred principles that focus on listening and understanding, and trauma-focused methods when past events continue to cause distress. Fiona has worked in independent practice and online settings over the past three years, supporting people through loss, abuse, depression and difficult life changes. She will work with you to set simple goals and practical steps between sessions when helpful.
People who come to Fiona often want direct support for parenting strains, blended family issues, body image, caregiver stress, or work-related burnout. She also offers help with communication problems, codependency, anger and forgiveness work. Conversations are plain and aimed at making daily life easier to manage.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Fiona lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Fiona names
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Online support
How these approaches work online
Existential Therapy asks simple questions about meaning, choice and values. Online sessions using this approach can help when life feels empty, stuck or when major choices feel overwhelming. It encourages people to notice what matters and to make changes that fit their priorities.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and respect. The counsellor follows the person's lead and creates space for them to speak and reflect. This style suits people who want support to understand their feelings and make small, steady changes.
Trauma-Focused Therapy works with the effects of past hurt and distressing events. It looks at how those events affect daily life now and supports steps to reduce ongoing impact. This approach can be used when memories or reactions from earlier events continue to cause problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and will be decided together. The counsellor will talk about needs, goals and preferences and adapt methods as therapy progresses. That collaborative process helps people feel more confident about the way forward.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. Video allows face-to-face connection, phone sessions can be quicker and easier when bandwidth is limited, and messages or live chat support shorter check-ins and reflective writing between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this counsellor help with?
Fiona supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship issues. She also works with parenting strains, caregiver stress, body image and work-related burnout.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centred and practical, with an emphasis on listening and helping people find their own solutions. Existential ideas are used to explore meaning and priorities when life feels confusing.
What experience does the counsellor have?
She has three years of direct client experience in the UK, working in both independent practice and online settings. That time has included work with trauma, abuse, grief and relationship difficulties.
What credentials and region are listed?
Fiona is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and is based in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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