About Stephen
Stephen (Steve) Rudkin is a counsellor with 26 years of experience working across health, social care, education and independent practice in the United Kingdom. He offers short- and long-term counselling and draws on tried approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety, addiction and relationship difficulties. Steve's background includes work in drug and alcohol services, mental health, advocacy, nursing and domestic abuse support.
Steve uses a person-centred foundation alongside psychodynamic ideas and mindfulness.
How Stephen works
He adapts his style to suit each person rather than following a single script. In sessions he listens, asks questions and helps people spot patterns that keep causing problems. That practical focus helps to make sense of difficult feelings and behaviours.
He has particular experience with addiction issues including process and substance addictions, anger, grief and trauma-related concerns. He also supports people with parenting matters, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, career stress and coping with life changes. Additional areas of focus include abandonment, attachment issues, codependency and men's issues.
Steve is registered with BACP and NCPS. He offers counselling by video, phone, live chat and text-based messaging, and works with English-speaking clients in the UK and internationally. Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
In a first appointment he will help identify what matters most and agree practical next steps. He prefers a collaborative way of working so people feel involved in decisions about pace and focus.
Stephen lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Stephen works with
The areas below are the ones Stephen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approach-driven online counselling and practical support
Client-centred therapy starts by focusing on the person's own experience. The counsellor listens without judgement and helps people clarify what they want from counselling and what matters most. This approach is useful for concerns such as low self-esteem, relationship and parenting issues and general life stress.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and calm anxious thinking. It can help with anxiety, stress, addiction cravings and coping with strong emotions. Psychodynamic ideas look at past patterns and repeated relationship themes to help explain why current problems keep happening and what might change them.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and agree a plan that fits the person's needs, goals and preferences. Sessions are collaborative so people help shape the focus and pace of therapy.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be quicker check-ins and use less bandwidth, while messaging suits shorter updates or times when writing feels easier. These options make counselling easier to fit around work, travel or family commitments and extend access to people in different locations.
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