Debra Maxwell, BACP

Debra Maxwell is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 18 years of professional experience. She works with adults who are managing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship and family concerns, addictions, mood difficulties and other life challenges. Sessions are described as a place to talk through feelings and begin to make practical changes.

She uses a person-centred approach as her core way of working. That means conversations focus on the client's experience and what matters most to them. She may also draw on other theories, interventions and tools to suit particular issues when needed.

Debra aims to help people notice patterns in their thinking and behaviour. She supports exploration of emotions such as guilt, shame, anger, grief and isolation. Practical topics she addresses include sleeping and eating difficulties, workplace stress, caregiving strain and intimacy-related concerns.

Clients may discuss longer-term problems such as bipolar, post-traumatic stress and addiction, as well as episodic issues like life changes, midlife questions and career pressures. She also works with problems that arise from attachment issues, dissociation and past sexual assault or abuse.

Sessions are presented as a collaborative process where the client sets priorities. The counsellor helps the person reflect, make small changes and develop strategies they can use day to day. To begin, clients follow the site's matching and booking steps to arrange a first session.

How her approaches translate to online counselling