About Hanna
Hanna Seely helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems and low self-esteem. She also supports those coping with life changes, parenting pressures, compassion fatigue, and issues around intimacy and attachment. Hanna uses straightforward language and a calm approach to make difficult conversations easier to start.
She trained as an integrative counsellor and holds the NCPS credential. That means she draws on several ways of working and picks the methods that suit each person.
How Hanna works
Sessions focus on what matters now, with practical steps and gentle reflection between conversations. Before moving into counselling, Hanna spent nearly a decade working in the education sector. That experience informs her work with developmental concerns and communication difficulties.
It also shaped her patience for slower, steady progress. Hanna combines elements of Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy. She uses these to help people understand patterns, challenge unhelpful thinking, and build self-awareness.
The aim is clearer choices and more confident day-to-day coping. Sessions are offered from the United Kingdom and are conducted in English. Hanna describes herself as respectful and compassionate and aims to create a space where people can talk honestly about difficult topics.
She supports people through issues such as trauma, ADHD-related struggles, bereavement, career decisions and problems rooted in family of origin. Starting therapy is treated as a collaborative step. Hanna listens first, then helps set goals together and tries simple, practical techniques that fit the person’s life.
Hanna lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Hanna works with
The areas below are the ones Hanna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding without judgement. It gives people space to lead the conversation while the counsellor offers empathy and reflection to help them clarify feelings and priorities.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change thinking and improve mood, which can help with anxiety, depression and stress.
Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to repeated patterns and early relationships that shape how someone reacts now. It helps people make sense of why they respond certain ways and opens up different choices for relationships and self-management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and can be reviewed as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversation without travelling. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit quicker reflections, ongoing check-ins, or days when being on camera is difficult. Registered or accredited professionals use these formats to make therapy fit around work, family and daily routines.
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