Fiona Scotland, BACP

Fiona Scotland is a counsellor who draws on ten years of experience supporting adults across different life stages. She trained in person-centred approaches and works in a way that honours each person’s story. Fiona focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions to make day-to-day life feel more manageable.

She works with stress and anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and life changes. Fiona also helps people dealing with parenting pressures, work-related strain, addictions, ADHD and issues linked to neurodivergence. Jealousy is one of the topics she addresses when it emerges in sessions.

Her style blends client-centred listening with clear, goal-focused techniques. Fiona uses elements from cognitive behavioural approaches and solution-focused work to identify unhelpful thinking and small experiments clients can test. Mindfulness practices and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are offered when they fit the client’s needs.

Sessions aim to be collaborative. Fiona pays attention to attachment, abandonment and communication patterns that shape how people relate to themselves and others. She also has experience with trauma, domestic violence, bereavement and health-related stresses such as cancer and caregiving demands.

Fiona practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the BACP, which is listed as her credential. Sessions are carried out in English. Prospective clients are asked to confirm current session options before booking.

How Fiona's approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and learning to act in line with personal values despite difficult feelings. It can help with low mood, anxiety and struggles around commitment or self-worth. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thinking patterns and behaviours and uses small experiments to change unhelpful cycles; it is often used for anxiety, depression and stress. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the centre and uses empathic listening to help people make sense of their story and decide their next steps.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with the client to see which methods fit best. That might mean blending elements from different approaches and adjusting as goals change over time.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit meetings into busy lives, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when days are tight. It also makes accessing a therapist in the United Kingdom possible for clients who live elsewhere. Fiona will help tailor the practical arrangements to suit the client's schedule and needs.