Stacey Coombes, NCPS

Stacey Coombes welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn. She offers calm, straightforward support for worries about stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain and major life changes. Stacey is named up front so readers know who they would meet.

She works in a warm, non-judgemental way and focuses on what matters to each person. Sessions include practical techniques and space to talk through painful experiences. Stacey aims to help people notice patterns, build small changes and feel more able to cope day to day.

Stacey has ten years of experience and is listed with NCPS. Her background combines several approaches so she can match the work to each person’s needs rather than using one fixed method.

Common topics she supports include trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, anger and impulsivity, body image and eating concerns, postpartum depression and mood disorders such as bipolar. She also works with issues around intimacy, communication problems, control issues and the effects of military service on wellbeing.

In practice she draws on therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-Based work and Emotionally-Focused and Client-Centred approaches. The aim is to offer helpful ideas, gentle challenge and practical skills you can use between sessions.

To begin, people select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Stacey uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy alongside attachment-informed work and client-centred listening. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-led action, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical steps to reduce distress and improve coping.

Attachment-Based Therapy and client-centred practice focus on the relationship in the room. They aim to create a steady, empathetic space where people can make sense of difficult patterns from the past and build new ways of relating. Stacey treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process and will work with each person to choose what feels most likely to help them reach their goals.

If you are considering online therapy, check the available session options before booking as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around family, work or study commitments, support shorter check-ins when needed and offer alternatives when meeting in person is difficult. A therapist will help you decide the best way to work together based on your goals, preferences and practical needs.