About Hazel
Hazel Vernon helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss, or life changes. She writes simply and listens closely to what matters to each person. Hazel aims to make conversations calm and clear so people can take the next step towards feeling steadier.
She is named Hazel Vernon and holds BACP certification in the United Kingdom. Hazel has 20 years of experience working with concerns such as depression, grief, self-esteem and motivation.
How Hazel works
She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strains, and career pressures. Her practice includes work with trauma and abuse, chronic illness or pain, and challenges linked to identity such as LGBT matters. Sessions are focused on practical, manageable steps.
Hazel helps people talk through feelings, spot unhelpful patterns, and try different ways of coping. She aims to build trust quickly so progress can start in early sessions rather than waiting for long explanations. People often come for help with sleeping problems, anger, attachment worries, or navigating blended family dynamics.
Hazel also addresses first responder stress, compassion fatigue, and co-morbidity where several issues overlap. Her approach combines straightforward conversation with goal-oriented planning. Therapy can include short-term work or longer conversations depending on need.
Hazel works with clients by phone, video, live chat or text messaging to fit different schedules. She helps people weigh options and make a plan that suits their daily life.
What Hazel works with
The areas below are the ones Hazel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| 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
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on clear, practical ways to reduce distress and build coping skills. One common approach emphasises talking through thoughts and feelings to spot unhelpful patterns and try new responses; this helps with anxiety, low mood and self-esteem. Another approach uses short goal-focused tasks to practise different behaviours between sessions, which can help with sleep problems, anger management and life transitions.Finding the right way to work is part of therapy. Hazel will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals and preferences. That process can include trying a few methods to see what feels most helpful and adjusting as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation without travel and suit longer sessions that need visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break during a workday. Live chat and text messaging let people check in more often, share short updates, or do brief check-ins between longer meetings. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday routines.
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