About May
May Brown is a counsellor who draws on humanistic and relational ideas to help people make sense of difficult moments. She uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to support people managing stress, anxiety, grief and changes in life. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people feel understood and clearer about next steps.
With eight years of experience, she has worked across settings that include one-to-one and group support in clinical environments.
How May works
She has particular experience supporting people with depression, self-esteem issues, trauma and intimacy-related concerns. She also helps with parenting pressures, family problems and the impact of discrimination and multicultural challenges. Her practice blends talking and reflective work with strategies drawn from attachment-focused, narrative and skills-based approaches.
Sessions often look at repeated patterns, family of origin questions and how personal history shapes current relationships. Practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication are taught alongside exploration of meaning and values. She describes therapy as part of self-care, something people can use before a crisis as well as during a tough period.
Many sessions focus on clear, achievable steps the person can try between meetings. May supports people to make decisions about their life purpose, careers and relationships without judgement. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat or messaging.
She holds BACP registration, and works with people across a wide range of cultural backgrounds and life situations within the United Kingdom.
May lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What May works with
The areas below are the ones May selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| 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 working
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape present connections and emotional responses. It helps people understand trust, closeness and repeated patterns in relationships so they can try different ways of relating. Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions and uses empathic listening to help people find their own solutions and clearer direction.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, goals and preferences and then suggest a mix of methods. That collaborative planning means therapy can shift over time if different tools or perspectives become more useful.
Online therapy here is delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video calls allow fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less data and can fit a break at work, live chat is useful for short check-ins and messaging suits ongoing reflection between meetings. These options add flexibility for people balancing family, work and other commitments.
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