May Pope, NCPS

May Pope is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years' experience. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside a compassionate, person-centred approach. May focuses on stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression and ADHD. She offers a calm space to talk and to start working through what feels overwhelming right now.

Her practice draws on person-centred counselling and borrows tools from other ways of working such as CBT when helpful. She aims to build a steady therapeutic relationship so clients can practise new ways of relating outside sessions. Sessions can be short-term or longer term depending on need, and some people move to fortnightly or monthly check-ins as they progress.

May has worked with people experiencing trauma, psychosis, addiction and mood or personality difficulties. She is also supporting people who identify as neurodivergent and is completing a master's degree that looks at autism spectrum conditions in women and the effects of family estrangement.

She has completed continuing professional development in trauma and complex post-traumatic stress, to strengthen her work with those experiences. She does not work with eating disorders or with children at this time. Practical pacing, collaborative goal-setting and talking through what matters most shape her sessions.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to her availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, and fees vary with location and therapist availability.

Approaches that shape online work

May combines person-centred counselling with evidence-based tools such as cognitive behavioural techniques. Person-centred counselling focuses on listening, reflecting and building a trusting relationship so people can talk through difficult feelings and decide on their own next steps. Cognitive behavioural techniques look at practical skills and small experiments to reduce anxiety, manage mood and change unhelpful thinking patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped before, then try methods that fit the person's needs. This is a collaborative process and can change as progress is made.

The original biography does not list specific online or in-person formats, so please confirm the session options before booking. Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into a busy week, reduce travel time and let people join from wherever they are based. It also allows for shorter check-ins when that suits a client, or regular weekly sessions when more continuity helps. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques so the work remains practical and applicable to everyday life.