Chava Stone , BACP

Chava Stone is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with seven years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and the challenges of life change. Chava uses a respectful, sensitive approach and adapts conversations to each person's needs.

Chava has experience supporting those dealing with abandonment and attachment concerns, body image worries, and difficulties with communication. She also helps people navigating divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose and midlife change. Women’s issues, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and social anxiety are among other areas she addresses.

Her work includes trauma recovery and post-traumatic stress, and she incorporates techniques aimed at helping people feel more grounded in their bodies as part of healing. Sessions are shaped around what a person finds most helpful, with practical steps and gentle reflection combined in conversation.

People who seek Chava’s help can expect a collaborative process where goals are set together and progress is reviewed. She invites clients to bring their pace, worries and hopes into the room so they can work through them step by step. The aim is to build more resilience and clearer ways to cope with day-to-day pressures.

Chava is accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers sessions in English and Yiddish and works with people both in the UK and internationally.

How therapeutic approaches meet online care

Chava uses evidence-based techniques that focus on both the mind and the body. One approach she draws on is body-oriented trauma work which helps people notice physical sensations linked to past hurt and learn ways to regulate those reactions. This can be helpful for post-traumatic stress, anxiety and experiences of abuse. Another strand of her work focuses on practical coping skills for stress and low mood, teaching simple strategies to manage overwhelming feelings and improve day-to-day functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be a joint decision. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, and together you will try methods that feel like a good fit. Plans are reviewed and adjusted as you progress so the approach stays relevant to your needs.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this kind of work. Video calls make it possible to see facial cues and body language while meeting from different locations. Phone sessions can be a useful option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing between sessions or want flexible, shorter exchanges. These formats help people fit therapy around work, family commitments and travel while keeping the focus on steady progress.