Trudy Woods

• Stress and anxiety
• Grief and bereavement
• Client-Centred Therapy

About Trudy

Trudy Woods works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and other life changes, using a person-centred way of working that follows the client’s lead. She is a BACP member and has five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

She listens to what has happened in a person’s life and uses that as the starting point for sessions. That means conversations focus on what matters to the individual rather than on fixed exercises. Trudy also blends coaching skills when people want practical planning alongside talking work.

Her continuing professional development includes training in life coaching, working with trauma, specialist counselling for abuse, depression, anger and anxiety, and stress management. She has supported people affected by bereavement, cancer, gender dysphoria, health and social anxiety, and low confidence.

Trudy has worked in volunteer and charity settings as well as in private practice, supporting people with chronic health and wellbeing problems. Her experience covers a range of presenting issues and different age ranges within those settings.

In sessions she aims to make it straightforward to talk about difficult emotions. Conversations are guided by the client, with practical planning offered when useful. The first session is used to agree goals and how to work together going forward.

How person-centred work translates to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on following the client’s lead, listening to their experiences and responding without imposing a set agenda. This approach helps when you want space to talk about grief, anxiety, low self-esteem or life changes and to decide the pace of work yourself.

Trudy also uses coaching techniques alongside person-centred methods to help with practical goals such as managing stress or planning next steps after a life change. Those coaching elements are goal-oriented and can sit alongside deeper conversational work when that suits the client’s aims.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss your goals and preferences and agree how to proceed. This collaborative planning helps shape whether sessions focus more on talking, on short-term coping skills, or on practical coaching tasks.

Confirm the current session formats before booking, as these are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy schedule, reduce travel time and offer a way to check in during a work break or between appointments. Different formats can also allow for shorter check-ins or sessions without video if that better suits a person’s needs.

Topics Trudy lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Communication problems
• Divorce and separation
• Emptiness
• Guilt and shame
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Postpartum depression
• Self-harm
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy

Questions about Trudy

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among the concerns she supports, including social and health-related anxiety.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She practises person-centred counselling, also known as Client-Centred Therapy, and brings coaching techniques when people want practical planning.

What experience does she have?

She has five years of professional experience working in the UK across charity, volunteer and private practice settings.

Is she a registered counsellor in the UK?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP in her details.

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I start a course of counselling?

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