Hazel Griffiths
Compassionate support for addiction and trauma recovery
About Hazel
Hazel Griffiths welcomes people who are finding life hard to manage right now. She supports individuals struggling with addiction, low mood, low self-esteem and the fallout from trauma or abusive experiences. Hazel aims to make first steps feel manageable and straightforward.
She works in a respectful and compassionate way. Conversations and goals are tailored to what each person needs. Hazel spends time listening first so she can shape a plan that fits the person in front of her.
Background and approach
Hazel has five years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which means she follows the professional standards set out by that body. Her background includes helping people cope with addictions, family conflict, relationship endings, and the impact of abuse and trauma.
Alongside those main themes, Hazel also supports people facing issues such as abandonment, codependency, attachment difficulties, body image concerns, cancer-related distress, and co-morbidity of mental and physical health problems. She is used to working with complex stories where several problems overlap. Her style is practical and people-focused.
Sessions look at immediate coping strategies and longer term patterns. Hazel invites clients to shape the pace and direction of the work as they go. She offers sessions in English and accepts clients from the United Kingdom and internationally.
Appointments are available in several online formats to suit different needs and schedules.
What Hazel works with
Sessions & fees
Approaches that guide online sessions
Hazel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people regain control and build coping skills. One common approach is short-term, structured work that targets specific problems and teaches practical coping strategies for issues such as cravings, low mood and anxiety. This helps people manage immediate challenges while they gain confidence.She also draws on trauma-informed methods that pay attention to safety and pacing when discussing past abuse or overwhelming experiences. These methods aim to reduce distress from traumatic memories and to help people rebuild a sense of agency in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Hazel will work collaboratively to choose techniques that match a person's needs, goals and preferences. She checks in regularly to adjust pace, focus and tools so the work remains appropriate and effective.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face discussion and visual cues, while phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter, more frequent contact and can fit around work or family commitments. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to fit sessions into everyday life.
| 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
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
