Hayley Damous , BACP

Hayley Damous offers a warm, client-centred approach that focuses on listening and understanding. She uses straightforward conversations to help people untangle difficult feelings and find practical ways forward. Hayley holds BACP registration and brings four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

People come to Hayley for many reasons, including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, addiction, eating and body image issues, and the strain of caregiving or career change. Hayley pays attention to the everyday impact of these problems and helps clients notice small, manageable steps.

Her practice draws on client-centred work alongside cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. Sessions often combine listening, gentle reflection, and practical coping strategies tailored to each person. Hayley aims to create a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken about without judgement.

She also uses elements of existential and Jungian thinking when exploring meaning, identity, or patterns that keep repeating. This can help people who are questioning life direction or who want to understand longstanding emotional patterns. Hayley adapts her approach to what each person needs that week.

Sessions are offered in English and are available to people both in the UK and internationally. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Hayley aims to make that step as straightforward as possible.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Hayley uses client-centred work and cognitive behavioural therapy alongside mindfulness in online sessions. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what a person shares to help them feel heard and understood, which is useful for stress, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, often helping with anxiety, low mood and sleeping problems. Mindfulness work teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress.

Choosing the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. Hayley collaborates with each person to identify what feels most helpful, adjusting methods as needs and goals evolve. This partnership helps match techniques to the issues being worked on and to each person's preferences.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for full face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging helps people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while still accessing consistent support from registered professionals.