About Aileen
Aileen Boyle is a counsellor with five years' professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and relationship difficulties. Aileen aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where someone can begin to make changes at their own pace.
She uses a blend of approaches that match the issue and the person. That might mean looking at how past attachments affect present relationships, practising skills to manage mood and thoughts, or taking a person-centred route that follows the client's pace.
How Aileen works
Sessions are practical and straightforward, with an emphasis on small, manageable steps. Aileen has supported people through a wide range of concerns including self-esteem problems, depression, parenting strain and career transitions. She also works with issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties, codependency, addictions and domestic violence.
Her practice includes helping with fertility stress, money worries and the fallout from infidelity. The therapeutic style is collaborative. Aileen listens first, then helps build a plan that fits the person's goals and life situation.
She explains methods in plain language and checks in regularly to see what is or isn't working. People often come for short-term work to tackle an immediate problem or for longer-term exploration of deeper patterns. Aileen invites people to take the next step by choosing what feels safe and useful for them.
Aileen lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Aileen works with
The areas below are the ones Aileen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Aileen works from approaches such as Attachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and difficulties. It helps when repeated relationship patterns or trust issues make life harder. CBT focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns and manage mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will listen to your goals and preferences and then suggest options. Together you will try methods that fit your needs and adjust the plan as you go, making decisions in partnership.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows a quicker exchange and messaging suits short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options give flexibility to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
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