- Years in practice
- 6
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Anger management
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Fiona
Fiona Small is a counsellor with six years' experience helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and difficult life changes. She uses a mix of practical and reflective methods to support people through depression, addiction and parenting concerns. Fiona works with clients dealing with trauma, grief, sleep and eating problems, and mood instability including bipolar presentations.
Her practice draws on several therapeutic approaches to match the needs of each person.
Background and approach
Fiona combines cognitive behavioural techniques with client-focused listening and attachment-based ideas. This gives a balance of hands-on skills and space to make sense of difficult feelings. Fiona aims for a warm, respectful tone in sessions.
She keeps conversations interactive and grounded, focusing on what can change now and how to cope between meetings. She explains techniques clearly and helps clients try them out in small steps. People consult her for ADHD-related struggles, communication problems, feelings of emptiness or shame, and complications from past abuse or neglect.
She also supports those facing relationship strain and compassion fatigue from caring roles. Her additional focus includes areas such as narcissism, dissociation and issues linked to autism and Asperger syndrome. Sessions are available in English and Fiona works with clients across the United Kingdom and internationally.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to pair people and arrange a first appointment.
What Fiona works with
Everything Fiona lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Fiona helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Fiona lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Fiona’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that reflect their values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and life changes because it focuses on small, value-led steps rather than removing every difficult thought.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical techniques to change patterns. It is helpful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and for learning coping skills between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Fiona will talk through your situation and preferences and suggest methods that suit your goals. She treats this as a collaborative process and will adapt tools as you try them out.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow visual connection for exercises and conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging suit short check-ins, emotional support between sessions or people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and travel commitments.
Questions people ask about Fiona
What kinds of concerns does Fiona address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression and anger, plus parenting difficulties, addictions and sleep or eating problems. She also works with trauma, grief, ADHD and mood disorders.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, interactive and respectful. Sessions blend practical skills with time to reflect and make sense of feelings.
What is her background and experience?
Fiona has six years of counselling experience supporting people through trauma, emotional abuse and life transitions. She has worked with a wide range of mental health and neurodiversity concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with NCPS and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from outside the UK.
What session formats does she use?
Fiona offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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