Counsellor profile
Stephanie Cartwright, BACP
Counsellor - relationships and parenting
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- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
About Stephanie
Stephanie Cartwright is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has eight years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She sees adults who struggle with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns, including issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Her background includes hospice work supporting people facing terminal illness and their carers.
She focuses on short-term, practical work that targets the changes a person wants to make. Sessions concentrate on the client’s priorities and on steps they can try between meetings. This can include setting small behavioural tasks or practising different ways of thinking about a problem.
Her approach draws on client-centred ideas alongside cognitive behavioural methods and solution-focused techniques. That means conversations start with the person’s experience and then move towards specific strategies to reduce distress and improve everyday functioning. Mindfulness practices are also used to help with stress and attention.
Stephanie has worked with people from a wide range of backgrounds, including professionals, parents at home and students. She has particular experience supporting people after relationship breakdowns, with bereavement and with the practical emotional challenges around ageing and end of life.
In sessions she aims to help clients build skills they can use day to day. Work often includes planning small experiments, practising ways of managing low mood or anxiety, and checking progress across the weeks. Clients who want clear, goal-focused therapy tend to find this approach useful.
How sessions work
How Stephanie uses therapeutic methods in online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens closely and helps clients clarify what matters to them, which can be useful for issues like low self-esteem or family conflict.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to shift patterns that maintain anxiety or depression, and it can be helpful for worry, sleep problems and managing mood.
Finding the right approach happens together. Stephanie will discuss what feels most helpful and adjust methods based on a person’s goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process that can change as progress is made.
The original profile does not specify which session formats are offered online, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around family and work life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins on busy days. It also makes it simpler to continue sessions when life circumstances change, while still keeping focus on concrete tasks and skills to practise between meetings.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
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What issues does she help with?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, plus parenting and family problems.
How would she approach conflict with a parent or partner?
Her work is practical and goal-focused, using discussion and small behavioural steps to change unhelpful patterns and improve communication.
What experience does she have?
She has eight years' experience, including work in a hospice supporting people with terminal and non-terminal diagnoses and their carers.
What are her credentials and location?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select 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.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.