Counsellor profile
Svetlana Hodge, BACP
BACP counsellor - Family and parenting concerns
Continue with SvetlanaAbout
- Person centred approach
- Supports parenting stress
- Speaks English Russian Ukrainian
About Svetlana
Svetlana Hodge is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years' experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, parenting pressures, family concerns, depression and life changes. Sessions are offered in English, Russian and Ukrainian and she accepts international clients.
Svetlana uses a person-centred approach that focuses on listening and understanding. She encourages people to talk through what feels most pressing and to notice their own strengths. The aim is practical and straightforward: make sense of feelings, reduce overwhelm and find clearer next steps.
Her work often addresses specific family and parenting strains, including communication problems, blended family issues and coping with separation. She also supports people facing attachment or abandonment concerns, codependency and difficulty with commitment or control.
Svetlana can help with long-term problems such as chronic illness or caregiver stress, and with body image and eating related issues. She offers a calm, steady way to work through events like divorce, grief or major life transitions.
Sessions are conversational and centred on the client's pace. She listens for patterns, reflects what she hears and helps people weigh options. If you want to know more about session structure or practical arrangements, follow the online therapy options and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule an initial appointment.
How sessions work
Client-centred work and online sessions
Client-centred therapy is at the core of her practice. That means sessions focus on listening without judgement, reflecting what the client says and encouraging people to find their own solutions. This approach suits issues where feeling heard and understood helps reduce anxiety and clarify next steps, such as parenting stress or relationship worries.She also draws on relational ways of working that pay attention to how past patterns of attachment affect present relationships. This can be useful for people dealing with abandonment, attachment concerns or recurring communication problems within the family context.
Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Svetlana will work with each person to decide how to proceed based on their goals and preferences. She treats the choice of methods as a collaborative decision and will adapt the focus as needs change.
Practical details about session formats should be confirmed before booking. The main benefit of online sessions is fitting therapy into everyday life more easily - for example shorter check-ins, avoiding travel time, or fitting a session into a lunch break. If you want to proceed, use the online therapy options to complete the matching questionnaire and arrange the first appointment.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family issues does she help with?
She works with adults facing family and parenting strains such as communication problems, blended family issues and separation.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She practises person-centred therapy, focusing on listening, reflection and helping clients recognise their own resources.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years' experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I speak with her if English is not my first language?
Sessions are offered in English, Russian and Ukrainian.
Are sessions available to people outside the UK?
She accepts international clients; please confirm any time zone or local requirements when arranging sessions.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
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