About Niamh
Niamh Duffy offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or low self-esteem. She helps those coping with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and the daily pressure of feeling stuck. Niamh’s approach is straightforward and warm, aimed at helping clients feel heard and understood from the first session.
She works in a person-centred way, which means she takes direction from the client and follows their pace.
How Niamh works
Niamh also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to gently challenge unhelpful thoughts. Emotionally-Focused Therapy and mindfulness strategies are used to help people notice feelings and build steadier emotional responses. Over nine years she has supported people through separation, communication problems and attachment difficulties.
She also works with issues such as panic, obsessive thoughts, self-harm, shame, loneliness and women’s concerns. Her practice emphasises simple, practical steps alongside space to talk about painful experiences. Niamh aims to create a calm atmosphere where people can make sense of difficult moments.
She offers compassionate listening and clear tools to manage day-to-day distress. Sessions focus on what matters most to each person and on small changes that can bring relief. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Niamh practices in the United Kingdom and carries nine years of clinical experience helping people find steadier ground.
Niamh lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Niamh works with
The areas below are the ones Niamh 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
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches online and how they help
Client-centred therapy focuses on following the client’s lead and offering empathic listening. This approach helps people feel accepted and able to explore painful feelings at their own pace. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers exercises to ease anxiety, panic attacks and obsessive worries.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Niamh will work collaboratively to choose methods that suit the person’s goals and preferences, and she will adjust the approach as therapy progresses. That means you can try different ways of working and keep what helps most.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls work well for a closer face-to-face feel, while phone sessions use less data and are handy for shorter check-ins. Live chat or text messaging suits people who prefer writing or need flexibility throughout the week. These options make it simpler to maintain continuity and keep momentum between sessions.
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