Hayley Damous
Person-centred counsellor with practical tools
About Hayley
Hayley Damous uses a person-centred approach to guide people through hard times. She draws on practical tools and reflection to help with stress, anxiety, trauma and relationship difficulties. Hayley makes space for clear, everyday conversations so people can say what they need to without judgment.
She has four years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Hayley focuses on common concerns such as sleeping problems, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing addictions, grief and compassion fatigue. Hayley mixes several approaches to suit each person. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot and change unhelpful patterns.
Mindfulness practices help people calm their thinking and connect with the present. Her background also includes work with trauma and abuse, and she draws on trauma-focused and Jungian ideas when helpful. She pays attention to attachment, abandonment issues and communication problems that often sit beneath surface symptoms.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused while staying adaptable to what a person needs in the moment. Hayley helps people break problems into manageable steps and build skills they can use between sessions. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier mood and more satisfying relationships over time.
What Hayley works with
How Hayley works
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Sessions & fees
Online approaches that suit different needs
Hayley commonly uses client-centred methods that focus on listening and building a helpful therapeutic relationship. This approach is useful when someone needs a calm space to talk things through and decide what matters to them.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, which looks at how thoughts and behaviours keep problems going and teaches practical strategies to change them. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues and anger. Mindfulness techniques are used alongside other methods to train attention, reduce rumination and bring greater calm to daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Hayley works collaboratively to identify goals and tries different techniques to see what fits. She adapts plans as progress is made so therapy stays relevant to personal needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or suit lower bandwidth. Live chat and messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy days or have shorter, more frequent check-ins. These options give flexibility so people can choose what works best for their routine and comfort.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
