Yvette Ibbotson
Warm person-centred counsellor for life changes
About Yvette
Yvette Ibbotson offers support for stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, and the emotional effects of bereavement, separation and ageing. Yvette uses a person-centred way of working.
She aims to listen carefully and respond without judgement. Sessions are paced to match each person’s needs so people can talk through what feels most pressing.
Background and approach
She focuses on creating space for honest reflection and practical next steps when wanted. Her style is warm and encouraging. She helps people identify unhelpful patterns and build small, manageable changes.
Conversations can cover feelings, difficult memories, and everyday coping skills. Practical ideas are offered alongside listening and emotional support. Yvette trained to the standards of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
She has three years of experience working with adults across a range of common life stresses. She works in English and is based in the United Kingdom while accepting international clients. Therapy can take different forms depending on what a person needs.
Yvette offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible contact. She invites people to start at a pace that feels manageable and to shape sessions around their goals.
What Yvette works with
Sessions & fees
How evidence-based approaches work online
Person-centred counselling focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what they say, and helps them make sense of feelings. This approach is useful for building trust, exploring relationships, and working through life changes.Brief practical techniques help when anxiety or stress feels overwhelming. These are straightforward tools for calming the body, organising thoughts, and breaking problems into manageable steps. They are often used alongside reflective conversation to give both relief and insight.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and agree a way of working that suits the client’s goals, pace and preferences. This is a collaborative process and can change over time as needs shift.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low, live chat offers shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging can suit people who prefer writing. These options support flexibility, continuity of care, and regular contact without travel.
| 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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
