About Fiona
Fiona Scotland is a counsellor with ten years' experience supporting adults through stress, anxiety and life transitions. She draws on person-centred ways of working and blends them with practical strategies to help people untangle their story and choose what comes next. Fiona offers calm, straightforward sessions where a person can talk about work pressure, low mood or loss.
She also gives tools for coping with sleep problems, addictive behaviours, and difficulties with focus linked to neurodivergence.
How Fiona works
Conversations are paced to the individual's needs rather than following a fixed script. Her background includes roles in the NHS, employee assistance programmes and charities. That range gives experience of different workplace and health settings.
It also shapes a flexible approach to practical problems like career stress and caregiver strain. Fiona often uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside mindfulness and solution-focused work. This mix helps people notice unhelpful patterns, test small changes, and build routines that fit daily life.
People looking for support can expect a down-to-earth style. Sessions aim to be manageable and goal-orientated without rushing the emotional side. Fiona works at the pace each person needs and revisits goals as life changes.
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, works in the United Kingdom, and offers sessions in English. Online and telephone formats are available for those who need flexible options.
Fiona lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Fiona works with
The areas below are the ones Fiona selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Fiona uses different approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on valued action so someone can try small changes even when feelings are strong. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, emotions and behaviours link together. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems because it offers practical exercises and simple experiments.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Fiona will discuss what matters to the individual, try methods that suit their goals, and adapt techniques over time. Sessions may blend ACT, CBT and person-centred listening to match how a person prefers to work and what they need to achieve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or use less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or need quick check-ins. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel while keeping focus on progress and practical strategies.
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