Fiona Scotland , BACP

Fiona Scotland is a counsellor who uses a person-centred base alongside an integrative, neuro-affirming approach. She works with adults and draws on ten years of experience across NHS, employee assistance programmes and charity settings. Fiona aims to help people untangle their story and build a different future for themselves.

Her practice is practical and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small steps that make a difference. She listens for strengths and patterns, then helps people try new ways of responding to stress, anxiety and difficult feelings.

Fiona supports people facing a wide range of concerns. These include work-related stress, anxiety, depression, grief and life changes. She also works with issues such as parenting strain, relationship and communication problems, addiction, sleeping and eating difficulties, and intimacy-related worries.

Her approach draws on methods that encourage acceptance, present-moment awareness and clear problem-solving. Cognitive strategies are used alongside mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to help people test out changes between sessions. Fiona describes her work as collaborative and paced to each person's needs.

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, known as BACP. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from the United Kingdom and internationally. Fiona aims to make therapy accessible and relevant for everyday life.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It encourages choosing actions that match personal values and can be useful for anxiety, depression and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on patterns of thought and behaviour and offers clear strategies to reduce distress and test new ways of coping, which suits issues like stress, sleeping and eating difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then try methods that fit each person. This is a collaborative process with room to adjust techniques as progress or circumstances change.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day, while chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options help people fit therapy into work, family life and different time zones, and make it simpler to continue when schedules change.