Counsellor profile
Fionnuala Curley, BACP
Counsellor - stress and relationships
See online counselling options- Client‑centred approach
- CBT techniques
- Psychodynamic work
About Fionnuala
Counsellor Fionnuala Curley is a BACP member with three years of professional practice in the United Kingdom. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self‑esteem, depression and relationship difficulties. She also supports people facing life changes, family conflict, parenting pressures and compassion fatigue.
Fionnuala uses a blend of client‑centred work, cognitive behavioural ideas and psychodynamic thinking. Sessions focus on what matters now and on patterns that may have developed over time. She keeps conversations practical and direct, while also looking at feelings and past influences that affect behaviour.
Her sessions offer space to talk through specific problems such as fertility worries, grief, intimacy issues or career concerns. She also works with more lasting patterns like codependency, guilt and shame, or feelings of emptiness and isolation. Fionnuala aims to help people notice small changes that make daily life easier.
In practice she uses straightforward therapeutic techniques. That can include examining thoughts and behaviours, reviewing relationship patterns, and reflecting on emotional responses rooted in earlier experience. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
She accepts people in the United Kingdom and international clients and runs appointments using the directory’s booking process. Prospective clients are invited to complete the short matching questionnaire before booking a first session.
How her approaches work for online counselling
Client‑centred therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens with attention and follows the client’s concerns, helping people find their own solutions and clarifying priorities. This approach is useful for stress, low self‑esteem and relationship worries.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on patterns of thought and behaviour that keep problems going. It uses straightforward exercises and practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and routine responses. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes.
Psychodynamic work looks at recurring emotional patterns that come from earlier experience. It helps people make sense of long‑standing feelings such as guilt, shame or emptiness and how these affect current relationships.
Choosing an approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss different ways of working and agree what fits your needs, goals and preferences. The plan can change as work progresses and as priorities shift.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it simpler to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check‑in sessions when needed, and remove travel time. Registered professionals can adapt exercises and conversation to work well over distance.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self‑esteem and relationship concerns. Additional areas include grief, parenting pressures and career issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She combines client‑centred listening with cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic approaches. That means practical work on thoughts and behaviours alongside exploring recurring patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of professional practice. That experience has covered a range of concerns including family conflict and compassion fatigue.
Which professional body is she registered with?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP in her profile.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she accept clients from outside the UK?
She accepts international clients as stated in her profile.
How are sessions arranged and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
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