About Stuart
Stuart Williams helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety, struggling with addiction, or coping with major life changes. He also supports people dealing with depression, bipolar symptoms, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy challenges, grief, and issues linked to parenting and career. Stuart is based in the United Kingdom and has five years of professional experience.
He holds BACP accreditation, which is recorded as BACP. Stuart takes a straightforward, respectful approach in sessions.
How Stuart works
He listens without judgement and adapts conversations to each person's needs. People can expect practical, clear dialogue that focuses on what matters to them right now. His work often draws on client-centred methods that prioritise the person's own perspective and pace.
That approach aims to increase self-understanding and help people find their own solutions. He also uses existential ideas to look at meaning, choice and responsibility when life feels uncertain. This can be useful for people facing big transitions or questions about purpose.
Stuart has helped people with a wide range of concerns including addiction, eating and body image problems, communication and attachment difficulties, anger, dissociation, and caregiver stress. He also supports those dealing with LGBT matters, family issues, divorce and separation, and compassion fatigue. If someone prefers flexible contact, Stuart offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions once matched.
Stuart lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Stuart works with
The areas below are the ones Stuart 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
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How client-centred and existential approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience in the moment. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what they say and offers support that helps the person discover their own solutions. This approach is well suited to worries about self-esteem, relationships and life direction.Existential Therapy looks at choice, meaning and responsibility when life feels unclear. It helps people weigh options, clarify values and cope with big changes or questions about purpose. That perspective can be useful for grief, career shifts and times of transition.
Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person's needs. Work is collaborative and adjustments are made as needed to find the best fit.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and messaging suits people who prefer written reflection. These options help fit counselling around work, travel or family commitments.
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