About Wendy
Wendy Mayfield offers calm, practical support for people coping with stress, anxiety, depression and major life changes. She welcomes conversations about relationships, parenting pressures, grief, trauma and issues like low self-esteem or body image. Wendy uses straightforward language and steady listening to help people feel heard and clearer about next steps.
She draws on 20 years of practice and uses a mix of approaches to suit each person. Sessions aim to build confidence, notice emotional patterns, and develop coping skills that fit everyday life.
How Wendy works
Wendy helps clients untangle attachment or relationship patterns and addresses difficulties such as anger, dissociation, or problems with intimacy. Her work includes exploring thoughts and behaviours, looking at personal stories, and supporting practical changes. Motivational techniques are used when someone wants help finding direction or keeping to goals.
The focus is on small, manageable adjustments rather than quick fixes. Wendy is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers online and face-to-face sessions from the United Kingdom and is available to people internationally by online formats.
Sessions are scheduled around the client and can include phone, video, chat or messaging. People who come to Wendy usually want a steady, non-judgemental space to talk and to work out realistic next steps. She aims to be warm and respectful while helping clients develop practical ways to cope and to feel more in control of their lives.
Wendy lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Wendy works with
The areas below are the ones Wendy 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
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Wendy's approaches work online
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. Online sessions using this approach help people notice patterns in close relationships and learn new ways to feel safer with others. Client-centred therapy puts the person at the heart of the conversation, with the counsellor offering attentive listening and gentle reflection to help someone find their own answers. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical techniques to reduce anxiety, low mood or unhelpful behaviours.Choosing the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about what they want to achieve, try methods that fit their goals, and adjust the style over time. This is a collaborative process where the client’s preferences and life circumstances guide the direction of therapy.
Online sessions make it easier to access regular therapy from different locations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can suit shorter check-ins or times with lower bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options give flexibility for people juggling work, family or travel while keeping therapy consistent and practical.
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