Genevieve Walters , BACP

Genevieve Walters is an experienced integrative counsellor who supports people through stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and major life changes. With 18 years of clinical experience, she combines narrative and client-centered ways of working with creative, reflective methods to help clients find clearer perspectives and greater trust in themselves.

She trained to a postgraduate level, holding a Master of Social Sciences in Counselling Psychology, and she brings a broad clinical background that includes bereavement services, hospice work, and high school counselling. Genevieve has also led counselling teams responding to national disasters and the pandemic, and has supported professionals such as government employees, teachers, nurses and firefighters through vicarious trauma and burnout.

Her practice emphasises listening to how people describe their lives and using those stories as a route to meaning and change. She offers practical approaches for acute stress and trauma responses alongside reflective and creative techniques, and she works with people across a wide range of concerns including relationship and family issues, addiction and substance concerns, parenting, bipolar and ADHD, loss and bereavement, and compassion fatigue.

Genevieve is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and her practice follows the BACP Ethical Framework. She holds public liability insurance for both face-to-face and remote work and is available to work with international clients.

How therapeutic approaches translate into online support

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on providing a compassionate, non-directive space where the therapist reflects and supports a person's own understanding of their situation - this approach is helpful for building self-esteem, exploring relationships, and managing life transitions.

Existential Therapy helps people examine meaning, choice and responsibility in the face of uncertainty; it can be useful for those coping with loss, feelings of emptiness, or major life changes where questions about purpose and direction arise.

Narrative Therapy attends to the stories people tell about themselves, helping to separate problems from identity and to re-author difficult experiences - it is often used for trauma, grief, and persistent patterns that people want to change.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work together. Genevieve will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, adapting the mix of reflective, creative and practical techniques as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, allowing people to engage from different locations and schedules. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during busy periods or when travel is difficult, while enabling ongoing therapeutic work that fits into everyday life.