About Simone
Simone Stephen works with practical, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage stress and anxiety. She is approachable and straightforward, and she focuses on helping clients rebuild confidence and cope with life changes. Simone holds an NCPS credential and practises from the United Kingdom.
Simone aims to make sessions clear and useful. She helps people understand unhelpful patterns and build small, realistic steps toward change. Conversations cover everyday pressures like workplace stress, money worries, and struggles with motivation or mood.
How Simone works
Relationship and intimacy concerns are a central focus. Simone supports people dealing with grief, anger, control issues, abandonment fears, and family problems. She also works with issues tied to identity and women's experiences, including feelings of emptiness, shame, or isolation.
Therapy sessions blend talking and practical tools. Simone encourages people to use their own strengths while trying new ways of coping. She keeps plans simple so progress can fit into a busy life.
With eight years of overall experience, Simone draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor support. Her approach is collaborative: she listens, offers options, and helps clients choose what feels most useful for them.
What Simone works with
The areas below are the ones Simone selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| 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
How evidence-based approaches work online
Many commonly used evidence-based techniques focus on changing thoughts and behaviours to reduce distress. Cognitive approaches help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practise different responses, which can ease anxiety, low mood, and self-doubt. Behavioural strategies break problems down into small steps to build confidence and daily routine changes that support mood.Experiential and emotion-focused methods help people sit with difficult feelings like grief, shame or anger and learn new ways to respond. These approaches support work on relationship and intimacy issues by helping people notice emotional triggers and try alternative actions in everyday situations.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Simone will work with each person to understand their goals and preferences, then suggest techniques to try. Decisions about focus and pace are made together so the plan fits the client's life and needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversation time, while phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter experience is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, fast support between sessions, or people who find writing easier than speaking. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these formats to make therapy fit around work, family and travel commitments.
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