About Stella
Stella Scrivens welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to cope. She writes simply and directly: she creates a warm, accepting space where clients can talk about stress, anxiety, loss, addiction or relationship strains. Stella emphasises practical support and steady presence rather than quick fixes.
Stella works in a person-centred way, meeting each person with respect and without judgement. She believes people know their own lives best and aims to help them find their own answers.
How Stella works
Sessions focus on listening, sorting out feelings, and building clearer choices. Her clinical background includes trauma-focused methods that can help with difficult memories and overwhelming moments. Stella also uses hypnotherapy and mindfulness techniques to support relaxation, reduce anxiety, and address patterns that keep people stuck.
She has three years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That registration is shown to indicate recognised membership in the UK counselling profession. People often come for help with grief, depression, sleeping and eating problems, anger, self-esteem and life transitions.
Stella also supports those coping with chronic health issues, caregiver stress, body image and ADHD-related concerns. Her work aims to help clients feel steadier day to day and clearer about next steps. To start, she encourages a straightforward first conversation where you can say what matters most.
That meeting helps decide how to work together and which tools will fit your needs.
Stella lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Stella works with
The areas below are the ones Stella selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy
Stella draws on person-centred practice to make online sessions feel conversational and respectful. This approach focuses on listening and helping clients find their own solutions, which can work well over video or text-based formats when people need steady support.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple awareness and breathing techniques. Mindfulness can reduce stress and improve sleep by helping people notice patterns and find calmer moments during the day. Trauma-focused work is used when past events cause present distress; it aims to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and help people feel more in control of daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Stella will discuss what feels most comfortable and try different methods to see what helps. The aim is to tailor sessions to each person's goals and pace rather than imposing a single method.
Online sessions offer practical benefits. Video calls let the therapist and client see facial expressions and build rapport. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for ongoing check-ins, brief reflections or for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to maintain continuity and adapt the format as needs change.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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