Deborah Faulkner

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and grief
• Attachment work

About Deborah

Deborah Faulkner helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and life changes. She uses straightforward talking therapy to help people make sense of difficult feelings and manage day-to-day problems. Deborah is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has 10 years of experience.

Her style is conversational and focused on what matters to the client. Sessions look at patterns in relationships and thinking, and at how past experiences affect current feelings. She draws on Attachment-Based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas to help people understand their responses and try out different ways of coping.

Deborah also works with concerns about intimacy, parenting, sleep, career stress, and issues common in LGBT lives. Additional areas she lists include ADHD, adoption and foster care, ageing and geriatric issues, chronic illness and pain, body image and communication problems. This means she often helps clients untangle linked problems rather than treating a single issue in isolation.

In practice she offers steady, time-limited or open-ended sessions depending on what the person wants. Conversations focus on practical steps, noticing unhelpful patterns and building small changes that fit everyday life. She encourages people to bring their immediate worries and longer-standing problems to sessions so these can be worked through together.

She takes an approachable, down-to-earth manner and aims to make the process clear from the first contact.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Deborah uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns in close relationships; this can help with intimacy issues, abandonment concerns and attachment difficulties. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small, practical changes to behaviour to reduce distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Deborah will discuss options with the client and decide together which methods suit their goals, needs and preferences. The plan can change as therapy progresses so the approach stays relevant.

The biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm which formats are available before booking. Online work can help fit counselling around everyday life, such as fitting a session into a lunch break, avoiding travel time, or choosing not to be on camera for a shorter check-in. Registered or accredited professionals, including this counsellor, often find these arrangements help people maintain continuity of care while managing other commitments.

Topics Deborah lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• LGBT
• Family conflicts
• Intimacy-related issues
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dependent personality
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Personality disorders
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Post-traumatic stress
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Traumatic brain injury
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Deborah

Does she work with anxiety and stress?

Yes. She lists stress and anxiety among her main areas and uses talking therapy to help people manage symptoms and daily pressures.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She combines Attachment-Based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches, with mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas used as needed.

How much experience does she have?

She has 10 years of professional experience working with a range of issues including trauma, grief and depression.

Is she registered with any professional body in the UK?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP in her credentials.

Can I see her if I live outside the UK?

Yes. She accepts international clients and provides services to people outside the United Kingdom.

What session formats does she offer?

The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started with her?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.