Fiona Brown

Fiona Brown is an AASW counsellor with seven years of clinical experience. She works directly with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain and anger. Fiona uses straightforward language and practical steps to help people feel steadier in day-to-day life.

Fiona believes the client is the expert in their story and draws on people’s existing strengths. She offers calm, focused sessions that aim to build confidence and clearer decision-making. Many clients come to her for help with parenting questions, family conflict and coping after trauma.

Her approach mixes listening with hands-on strategies. Fiona uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify thinking patterns that keep problems going. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early relationships affect current responses.

Mindfulness practices and emotion-focused work are part of Fiona’s toolkit. These methods are used to help manage strong feelings such as anger, grief or anxiety and to strengthen emotional awareness. She also supports people facing challenges related to addiction, sleep, eating and work stress.

Fiona has worked with a range of complex concerns including adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and co-morbidity. She aims to make the first contact straightforward and reassuring, recognising that starting therapy takes courage.

To begin, she asks people to share the basics of their situation so sessions can focus on clear, practical goals. Fiona tailors each plan to a person’s life, priorities and pace.

How Fiona’s approaches translate to online therapy

Fiona draws on cognitive behavioural therapy to help people spot and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT sessions usually involve setting clear goals, practising new skills and reviewing progress to reduce anxiety, anger and low mood.

She also uses attachment-based ideas in counselling, which focus on how past relationships shape current feelings and reactions. This work helps people make sense of relationship patterns and to practise different ways of connecting with others.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Fiona will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, values and everyday life. She adapts techniques over time if something isn’t working or if priorities change.

Please confirm the current session formats before booking because the biography does not specify which online options are offered. Many people find online sessions useful for fitting counselling into a busy schedule, reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. Fiona focuses on making sessions practical and easy to work into daily life.