About Waverley
Waverley Young is a counsellor with 15 years' experience who combines practical skills with a calm, straightforward style. He is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and holds a Diploma in Counsellor and Psychotherapy and a Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Waverley often helps people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief and relationship strain.
He has worked in local authorities, children’s services, independent practice and charities focused on adoption and fostering.
How Waverley works
Those roles included being a foster carer and a family worker, which shaped his understanding of family dynamics and the pressures carers face. He has also provided clinical supervision to other counsellors and therapists. Waverley uses Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Solution-Focused Therapy in ways that suit each person.
Sessions aim to identify unhelpful patterns, try small changes and build practical coping skills. He pays attention to how people relate to themselves and others to improve day-to-day wellbeing. He works with a wide range of concerns including stress, trauma and abuse, self-harm, eating and body image issues, parenting and fatherhood matters, and multicultural questions.
Waverley also supports people struggling with social anxiety, phobias, anger and low self-esteem. His style is direct but compassionate, offering clear options and small steps clients can try between sessions. People who want straightforward feedback, practical tools and space to reflect tend to find this approach helpful.
Waverley lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Waverley works with
The areas below are the ones Waverley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Body image
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Waverley’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and gives time for thoughts and feelings to be heard. It helps people build self-understanding and a stronger sense of self-worth in everyday life.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behaviour that keep problems going. It offers simple exercises and tasks to try between sessions, which can help with anxiety, depression and unhelpful habits.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable changes and practical goals. It is useful when someone wants short-term direction and steps they can test straight away.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Waverley will talk through your goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, then decide together which methods to use. That collaborative choice can change as your needs change.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions suit people who prefer not to be on camera or need lower bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging offer quick check-ins and brief reflections between longer sessions. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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