About Isabelle
Isabelle Dubois is a counsellor who draws on a relational, integrative stance to help people work through distress. She has 22 years of experience in the United Kingdom and speaks both English and French. Isabelle welcomes conversations about day-to-day problems and deeper emotional pain.
In session she focuses on stress, anxiety and depression alongside relationship difficulties and trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with grief, addictions, sleep problems and issues around self-esteem.
How Isabelle works
Career changes, parenting strain and other life transitions are part of her routine work. Isabelle uses approaches such as Attachment-Based Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how relationships and emotional patterns affect daily life. She also draws on Client-Centred and Mindfulness work to help people notice feelings and make choices that feel right for them.
These methods are used in simple, practical ways rather than technical language. Across a long career she has worked in multicultural NHS settings and in independent practice, supporting GP-referred clients with complex and multiple concerns. That background informs a straightforward style focused on listening, making sense of difficult experiences and finding small, useful steps forward.
Starting therapy with her begins with a brief matching process and scheduling. Isabelle aims to keep sessions relaxed and non-judgemental so people can speak openly and explore options for change.
Isabelle lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Isabelle works with
The areas below are the ones Isabelle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English, French |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How attachment and emotion-focused work translate online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape emotional reactions and expectations. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in close relationships and practice different ways of responding.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on identifying and shifting strong emotions that keep problems repeating. In remote work, EFT techniques are used to name feelings, slow reactions and try new emotional responses in real time.
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the work, with the counsellor offering warmth and acceptance so the client can speak openly. This approach suits simple check-ins and deeper conversations alike and adapts well to video or voice sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative choice can change as therapy progresses.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, reflective work and people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it simpler to arrange regular contact and maintain momentum between sessions.
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