About Stefan
Stefan Nowosielski offers warm, person-centred counselling that focuses on what matters to the individual. He draws on practical methods to help people untangle difficult feelings. Stefan aims to make spaces where clients feel heard and understood.
He is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Stefan combines a person-centred stance with elements from other approaches. He uses cognitive behavioural tools to look at thinking patterns and mindfulness to build calm in the moment.
How Stefan works
Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas help when intimacy and attachment are causing pain. Existential ideas add space to talk about meaning and life choices. Over four years he has supported people with a wide range of concerns.
These include depression, anxiety, grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, and difficulties with self-esteem. He also helps with relationship tensions, parenting strains, blended family issues and problems linked to first responder roles. Additional areas he works with include abandonment, commitment and communication problems, control issues, hoarding, and fatherhood matters.
He also assists people dealing with domestic violence, divorce and separation, and coping after disasters. Sleeping problems, career concerns and ADHD features are part of his practice too. Sessions are offered in English and take place in the United Kingdom.
Stefan uses a collaborative approach that aims to build self-awareness and practical next steps. He supports people to find changes that feel manageable and true to their own goals.
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What Stefan works with
The areas below are the ones Stefan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Stefan’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s perspective. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so people can make their own choices and feel more confident. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stefan will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful and then agree a way forward together. This collaborative process lets the therapist adjust methods as progress is made and as needs change.
Online sessions use video calls, phone meetings, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video calls are close to in-person conversations and allow fuller dialogue. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat or messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, notes between sessions or when writing helps someone express themselves. These options give flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent alongside a busy life.
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