Angela Diac, BACP, NCPS

Angela uses a person-centred way of working that keeps the individual’s preferences and pace at the centre. This approach focuses on listening, understanding and helping people explore their values and choices. It suits emotional worries, identity questions and times of transition.

She also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to help people learn and practise new coping strategies. These methods involve identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviours to reduce anxiety or low mood. Psychodynamic and existential influences help when someone wants to look at patterns from the past or make sense of life changes and loss.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which techniques fit best for the person's goals and circumstances. Sessions may shift over time as needs change, and the focus is regularly reviewed with the client.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as flexibility and easier travel. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be shorter or easier when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, study and family commitments while still keeping continuity of care.