About Bethany
Bethany Fenton is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and issues around identity and intimacy. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where a person sets the pace and chooses what to talk about. Bethany uses a person-centred approach that puts the client’s experience first.
She identifies as she/her and describes her practice as gender-affirming and LGBTQIA+ embracing. In sessions Bethany follows a humanistic, person-centred way of working.
How Bethany works
She listens closely and reflects back what she hears so people can make sense of their feelings. That approach suits worries about self‑esteem, body image, isolation and life purpose because it helps people find their own solutions.
She also supports people who are navigating intimacy-related concerns such as communication problems, commitment or control issues, and sexual matters including dysfunction and past sexual assault and abuse. Bethany helps people talk through attachment and abandonment worries, and she is open to discussing non-monogamous and polyamorous relationship questions.
Bethany has four years' experience working with clients and has spent a year teaching counselling students. Her credential is BACP, which is shown as BACP. Sessions are offered in English and she practises from the United Kingdom.
People connect with Bethany when they want a gentle, respectful listener who encourages them to lead the conversation. Therapy focuses on the person in front of her, not on a timetable or a fixed script. Practical next steps include choosing how to meet and starting with a short matching questionnaire to find a time that suits.
What Bethany works with
The areas below are the ones Bethany selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Person-centred approaches and online therapy
Person-centred work focuses on listening and reflection. The therapist follows the person's lead and helps them explore feelings at their own pace. This is useful for anxiety, self‑esteem and identity questions because it prioritises the client's view of their experience.Humanistic therapy aims to see the whole person rather than a list of symptoms. It supports people struggling with life purpose, isolation, or relationship and intimacy worries by encouraging personal insight and self‑acceptance.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Bethany will talk with the client about goals and preferences and adapt her way of working to fit those needs. That means the two of them decide together whether to emphasise listening, practical steps or a mixture of both.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video lets people use non-verbal cues while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messages suit shorter check-ins or those who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or study commitments and to choose a format that feels practical and manageable.
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