About Poppy
Poppy Streatfield is a counsellor with seven years' experience offering online sessions from the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation, a Master of Arts in Person-Centred Experiential Counselling and Psychotherapy and a background in psychology. Poppy aims to create a warm, accepting space where people can talk about what matters to them.
She bases sessions on the person in front of her, not a single method. That means she may use client-centred listening alongside practical strategies from cognitive behavioural work or solution-focused planning.
How Poppy works
Conversations are guided by what a person wants to achieve and how much time they have. Poppy has worked in educational, community and NHS settings and now maintains a personal online practice alongside sector work. She has experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, grief and depression and with adjustment to life changes and mood difficulties.
She also offers help around relationship strain, self-esteem and issues linked to sexuality. She has particular experience with autism, ADHD and attachment-related concerns and adapts sessions to suit additional needs. Practical adjustments can be discussed ahead of the first meeting to make sessions easier to use.
Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Messaging is handled during set working hours and is kept for practical enquiries, with therapeutic work reserved for sessions. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange a first appointment.
Poppy describes therapy as a collaborative process. She listens, helps clarify priorities and then works with people to try responses and small changes they can use outside sessions.
Poppy lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Poppy works with
The areas below are the ones Poppy 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
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Poppy uses talking therapies online
Poppy works from a blend of person-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on attentive, non-directive listening so people can find their own answers; this suits concerns like low self-esteem and relationship confusion. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) uses practical exercises and thought-work to tackle patterns that feed anxiety, panic or depression, and often includes step-by-step tasks to practise between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Poppy will talk with the client about goals, preferences and how they respond to different methods. Together they decide which way of working to try and adjust it as progress is tracked and priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into everyday life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be simpler during a busy day. Live chat or text messaging suit short check-ins and ongoing support between appointments. These options give flexibility so people can choose what works best for their week and communication style.
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