Poppy Goguelin, BACP

Poppy Goguelin is a BACP counsellor with five years' experience. She focuses on women's health and perinatal mental health, covering the time from conception through to a year after birth. Her work also includes relationship difficulties and domestic violence and abuse concerns.

Poppy offers warm, friendly sessions where the conversation starts with the client's experience. She listens and tries to understand each person's point of view. Sessions can be shaped around what matters to the individual, whether that means talking things through or working towards clear goals.

People come to her for a wide range of concerns. These include anxiety, depression, grief and loss, pregnancy loss, parenting stresses, relationship problems, stress and issues around intimacy or self-esteem. She also lists areas such as blended family challenges, communication problems, infidelity and fertility issues among topics she supports.

Her practice draws on client-centred work that keeps the person at the centre of sessions. She also uses mindfulness techniques to help with day-to-day stress and solution-focused ways of working when clients prefer practical steps. Together these approaches are intended to help people find clearer ways forward.

Poppy aims to tailor the work to each person's needs and preferences. She encourages people to acknowledge the first brave step of asking for support and to build on that as sessions progress.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your experience without judgement. It helps when you want a space to make sense of feelings and to be heard as you are.

Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and ground difficult emotions. It can be useful for anxiety, overwhelm and supporting perinatal wellbeing.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and will adapt the style as you go. This is a collaborative process aimed at practical progress rather than rigid technique.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing appointments around work or childcare. Different formats suit different needs, so please confirm which session types are currently offered before booking. Many people find that working with a registered or accredited professional online still allows for steady progress and clear next steps that fit everyday routines.