Counsellor profile
Izabela Burge, NCPS
Counsellor - Family and parenting concerns
Continue with IzabelaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Cognitive behavioural tools
About Izabela
Izabela Burge is a counsellor registered with the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) in the United Kingdom, with three years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, parenting strain and relationship concerns. Her practice also covers addiction, sleeping problems, anger and issues connected to identity, including LGBT concerns.
She uses a mix of familiar counselling approaches rather than one fixed method. Izabela adapts what she does to each person's needs, combining client-centred listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioural work and mindfulness. She also offers hypnotherapy and psychodynamic ideas when they suit the issue at hand.
Her background includes roles in bereavement support, school-based counselling and community mental health settings. That includes time with Mind South Kent, Place2Be and Cruse Bereavement, plus work supporting rehabilitation and wellbeing programmes. Those roles inform how she supports people who are juggling work, family and caring responsibilities.
Sessions are presented as collaborative conversations. Izabela checks in regularly about what is working and makes changes if needed. She aims to help people develop clearer ways to cope with life changes, manage stress, and rebuild confidence after loss or difficult relationships.
Practical skills you might use in sessions include breathing and grounding exercises, thought-challenging from CBT, brief hypnotic techniques for relaxation, and talking through patterns that affect relationships. Before the first session she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial appointment.
How sessions work
Approaches used in online sessions and how they help
Izabela draws on client-centred counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy in online work. Client-centred counselling focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person, which helps when you need someone to hear your concerns about home life or parenting. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and teaches simple exercises to reduce anxiety, manage low mood and improve sleep.She also uses mindfulness and brief hypnotherapy techniques to support relaxation and reduce racing thoughts. Mindfulness practices help build steadier attention and calm, useful when stress or caregiving demands feel overwhelming. Hypnotherapy is used in short, practical ways to aid relaxation and address habits such as sleep disruption or intrusive worry.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Izabela treats that choice as collaborative and will check your goals, preferences and how you respond to different methods. Together you decide which techniques to try and change them if they are not helpful.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking using the online therapy options button and matching questionnaire. This helps fit counselling into busy days and makes it easier to schedule a check-in around work, parenting duties or other commitments.
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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 address?
She helps people with parenting strain, relationship tensions, intimacy-related issues and communication problems within family life.
How would she approach anxiety and stress?
She combines client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness to help identify unhelpful thoughts and introduce practical coping strategies.
What experience does she bring to counselling?
She has three years' experience and has worked in bereavement support, school-based counselling, community wellbeing roles and rehabilitation settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and practises 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.
Which session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking by checking the online therapy options button and the matching questionnaire.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies 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.