Fiona Scotland, BACP

BACP. 10 years' experience. Fiona Scotland is a BACP counsellor who works with adults from 18 onwards. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression and related issues, and describes her approach as person-centred with an integrative, neuro-affirming angle.

She uses straightforward talking and reflective listening to help people make sense of their history. Fiona aims to help clients untangle their story so they can decide on changes they want to make. Sessions focus on practical steps as well as the feelings behind them.

Her background includes work across a range of organisations, including the NHS, employee assistance programmes and charities. That experience shapes how she responds to work-related stress, academic pressures and caregiver strain. She also has experience with grief, life changes, relationship and family disputes, and issues linked to neurodiversity.

Fiona brings together person-centred practice with elements from other approaches. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness when helpful, and uses solution-focused techniques for short-term goals. Her neuro-affirming perspective pays attention to how neurodivergent traits affect thinking and day-to-day life.

In sessions she will listen, reflect and suggest practical strategies such as grounding or behavioural experiments. She also discusses values and small, achievable changes where Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are useful. People who want clear, conversational counselling about practical problems often seek her out.

Therapeutic approaches and online counselling