About Avril
Avril Harding helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or low mood. She is approachable and calm, and she aims to create a space where someone can say what they are really thinking. Avril has six years of professional experience and works from a person-centred stance to put the client at the heart of sessions.
She draws on a mix of practical methods to meet day-to-day needs. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try small tests to change reactions.
How Avril works
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports people to notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck, and to act in ways that reflect their values. Attachment-informed ideas help when relationship patterns or early losses keep resurfacing in adult life. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is also used to help people name and work with strong feelings that affect their closest relationships.
Avril adapts these approaches to each person rather than following a fixed formula. Her background in the United Kingdom and a BACP credential inform her practice and professional perspective. Sessions focus on clear conversation, short-term practical steps and longer term reflections depending on what someone needs.
She accepts international clients and offers work in English. Avril supports people with a wide range of concerns including addictions, parenting stress, grief, trauma, ADHD, eating and sleeping difficulties, relationship and intimacy issues, and career changes. She encourages small experiments between sessions to build momentum and confidence.
Avril lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Avril works with
The areas below are the ones Avril selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches and what online therapy looks like
Avril commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take small steps that match their values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical experiments to change reactions and behaviour.She also brings an attachment-informed perspective when relationship patterns or early losses shape current difficulties. This helps people understand repeated interaction styles and develop different ways of connecting. Avril aims to work with each person to find the right mix of approaches, deciding together which methods suit the presenting problems, goals and personal preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow a more natural conversation, phone sessions can fit into a break or use less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can be useful for short check-ins or reflective homework. These options make it easier to arrange regular sessions and to keep therapy going alongside work, family and travel commitments.
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