Fiona Waddle, BACP

Fiona Waddle is a BACP registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with seven years' experience. She works with people facing relationship difficulties, the effects of trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting stresses and major life changes. Fiona describes her work as grounded in person-centred practice while drawing on other approaches to meet each person's needs.

She supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment issues, communication and control problems, codependency and commitment concerns. She also addresses caregiver stress, body image and eating-related worries, and the emotional fallout of divorce, separation and domestic violence.

Fiona uses a mix of person-centred listening, trauma-focused ideas and solution-focused strategies in her sessions. That means she listens for what matters most to the client, helps make sense of traumatic experiences, and identifies practical steps to try between meetings. Mindfulness practices are offered to help with anxiety, shame and emotional regulation.

Her background includes work in a hospice, a wellbeing clinic and private practice, and she runs groupwork for a national UK charity supporting people affected by domestic abuse. Fiona keeps up professional development and supervision in line with BACP practice.

Outside work she spent earlier years as a participatory artist, which influences how she notices creative ways people express themselves. She enjoys walking with her adopted rescue greyhound and spending time with family and friends.

To begin, the service asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial session via the online options button.

How her approaches are used in online sessions