Counsellor profile
Wendy Mayfield, BACP
BACP counsellor - Family and parenting concerns
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- Attachment work
- Cognitive techniques
- Narrative listening
About Wendy
Wendy Mayfield is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 20 years of practice. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting, grief, and related issues. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Wendy uses a mix of approaches rather than a single method. She focuses on helping people understand patterns that keep causing pain. Conversations aim to clarify what matters to the person and to identify small, practical steps forward. The style is reflective and plain, with attention to feelings and everyday choices.
Her work often covers attachment and relationship patterns, helping people notice how early experiences affect current relationships. Cognitive ideas are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and test them in daily life. Narrative elements help people tell their story in a way that makes sense and opens up options.
Clients who bring parenting stress, blended-family strain or chronic worry will find sessions that look at communication and routine as well as feelings. Wendy also supports people managing grief, anger, body image and eating concerns, and those coping with life changes or ADHD-related challenges. Practical coping strategies are offered alongside reflective conversation.
Wendy offers counselling both online and face to face. If someone wants to begin, the usual route is to complete a short matching questionnaire and book an initial session. Fees vary with location and the service uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online counselling
Wendy often uses attachment-based ideas to help people notice patterns in relationships. This work looks at how early bonds shape trust, closeness and reactions in current family life, and can be useful for parents and adults dealing with repeated conflict.She also uses client-centred methods, which mean the conversation follows what matters to the person. This approach supports clearer self-understanding by allowing the client to set the pace and topics. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioural changes at home, which can help with anxiety, mood and everyday parenting challenges.
Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to agree which methods suit their goals, needs and preferences. That might mean trying different things over a few sessions and checking what helps most.
The biography confirms counselling is offered online and face to face, but does not list specific online formats. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions more easily sit around work or family commitments.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which family or parenting concerns does she help with?
She works with parents and adults on parenting stress, blended-family issues and family communication problems.
What style of therapy does she use?
She combines attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas to look at feelings, relationship patterns and thinking styles.
How much experience does she have?
Wendy has around 20 years of experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practices from 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 are offered?
The biography states counselling is offered online and face to face; confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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.