Megan Smith, NCPS

Megan Smith is a counsellor and an NCPS Accredited Member (MNCPS Accred) with seven years' experience. She works with adults in the United Kingdom on difficulties such as anxiety, depression, stress, relationship problems, addiction and grief.

She trained in person-centred counselling at Chester University and holds a British Psychological Society accredited undergraduate degree in Psychology. She also completed a short course in online and telephone counselling and designs and delivers counselling teaching as a lecturer at Glyndwr University.

In practice she uses client-centred ways of working. That means sessions focus on the person's concerns and on listening without judgement. She also uses mindfulness approaches to help people notice thoughts and bodily reactions and find ways to respond differently.

Megan often works with people affected by childhood sexual abuse, pregnancy trauma and other women's health concerns. She also supports people coping with relationship breakdown, bereavement, addiction and midlife change. Her work includes practical discussion and space to talk about feelings.

Sessions are conversational and aim to help people clarify their priorities and coping strategies. She draws on her psychology background to make sense of patterns such as attachment and avoidance. For anyone thinking about counselling, she recommends a short initial conversation to check fit and explain how she works.

Client-centred and mindfulness approaches for online counselling