Counsellor profile
Shannon Brailsford, BACP
Based in United Kingdom ยท 4 years of experience
Integrative counsellor for stress and life changes
Continue with ShannonAt a glance
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom (396551)
- Qualifications
- BACP
- Experience
- 4 years
- Languages
- English
- Based in
- United Kingdom
Details come from information Shannon supplied to BetterHelp.
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Mindfulness practices
- Trauma-focused work
About Shannon
BACP. 4 years' experience. Shannon Brailsford offers counselling for stress, anxiety, career concerns, depression, compassion fatigue and coping with life changes. She presents herself as an integrative counsellor and uses client-centred listening alongside mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas to help clients reflect and make changes.
Shannon works at the client's pace and follows the issues they bring. She helps people who struggle to put their needs first, who overcommit or feel overwhelmed. She also supports those feeling lost, with low confidence or difficulty trusting their own choices.
In sessions she may look at self-limiting beliefs and where they come from. That can include exploring attachment and abandonment experiences, communication and control issues, or workplace stress. She also lists work with caregiver stress, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation and social anxiety.
Her approach draws on Internal Family Systems and trauma-focused ideas when these are helpful. Mindfulness practices are used to develop present-moment awareness and calmer reactions. Client-Centred Therapist methods mean she aims to follow what the client brings and reflect it back to aid understanding.
Shannon notes that counselling helped her personally and that she understands how daunting it can feel to be vulnerable. She asks people to contact her directly before booking a session and to use her online booking flow to complete a short questionnaire when arranging a first meeting.
How her approaches translate to online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on attentive listening and reflecting what the client brings. Online sessions can use this style to help people feel understood and to clarify what matters most to them in a short number of focused conversations.Mindfulness Therapy offers simple practices to notice thoughts and bodily reactions in the moment. Delivered remotely, these practices can help with anxiety, stress and compassion fatigue by teaching brief grounding and breathing exercises that can be practised between meetings.
Shannon also draws on trauma-focused ideas to work with past experiences that continue to affect day-to-day life, and Internal Family Systems to explore different parts of a person's inner experience. She will discuss together which approaches to try and adjust them based on the client's goals and preferences so the work fits the person rather than following a fixed model.
Practical benefits of online counselling include fitting sessions into a working day, avoiding travel time and allowing for shorter check-ins when needed. The biography does not specify which session formats are available, so confirm current session options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals often offer a range of formats; Shannon asks people to contact her directly and to use the online matching questionnaire when arranging a first session.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she work on?
She works with stress, anxiety, career concerns, depression, compassion fatigue and coping with life changes, plus related areas such as attachment, caregiver stress and workplace issues.
What is her counselling style?
Her style is integrative with a client-centred focus, using mindfulness, psychodynamic and trauma-focused approaches as needed.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of experience working as a counsellor.
Is she a member of any professional body and where does she practise?
She is listed with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I have sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not currently accept international clients.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin counselling with her?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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