Counsellor profile
Stella Scrivens, BACP
BACP counsellor - Parenting and family concerns
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- Person-centred approach
- Clinical hypnotherapy
- Trauma-focused work
About Stella
Stella Scrivens is a BACP-registered person-centred counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and a wide range of everyday difficulties including parenting, relationship strain and sleep or eating concerns. Stella also mentions work with ADHD, self-esteem, anger and career-related issues. Sessions are conducted in English and Stella accepts international clients.
Stella uses a person-centred stance that treats the client as the expert on their life. She says her role is to listen without judgement and to offer practical support as people make sense of what they are experiencing. That includes helping people notice patterns from earlier relationships and how these show up now.
Her clinical toolkit draws on psychodynamic ideas and trauma-focused methods to look at how past experiences affect current feelings and behaviours. She also offers clinical hypnotherapy and mindfulness-based practices when these fit someone’s goals. In practice this can mean breathing and grounding exercises, gentle hypnotic work for phobias or fears, and talking through old relationship dynamics.
Stella describes working at a steady pace. She aims to help people find clearer ways to manage stress, cope with loss, or adjust to life changes. She says she does not direct or diagnose; instead she helps clients explore options and decide what feels right for them.
If you are an adult dealing with parenting strain, a difficult relationship at home, or the aftermath of trauma, Stella can talk things through with you and help plan practical steps. To begin, follow the site booking process to match and arrange a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Stella combines person-centred listening with trauma-focused and hypnotherapy tools. Person-centred work focuses on listening and reflecting so clients can find their own solutions; it helps with decision-making, relationship stress and parenting strain. Trauma-focused methods aim to reduce the hold of past events by working gently with memories and reactions, often useful for people dealing with abuse, grief or long-standing anxiety. Clinical hypnotherapy offers guided relaxation and suggestion to address specific issues such as phobias, sleep problems or unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Stella discusses goals and preferences in early sessions and together they decide which methods feel most useful. She describes working at a steady pace and adapting techniques to what each person wants to try.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Some approaches, such as mindfulness exercises or breathing work, adapt well to remote sessions, while hypnotherapy can be used online for focused issues. Discuss practical arrangements with Stella when you schedule your first appointment.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting issues does she help with?
She helps people with parenting strain, blended family issues, communication problems and managing the stress that comes from family roles.
How would she work with anxiety or stress?
She uses person-centred listening alongside mindfulness exercises and hypnotherapy techniques to reduce anxiety and improve everyday coping.
What background and experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience as a person-centred counsellor and lists work across trauma, addiction, grief, and other presenting issues.
Is she registered with a professional body and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography does not list session formats. Please confirm current session options on the booking page before you schedule.
How are session fees arranged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
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