- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Hayley
Hayley Wilcock is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She welcomes people who are nervous about starting therapy and aims to make the first steps feel manageable. Hayley describes her work as person-centred and adaptable to each client's needs.
Her style is direct and down-to-earth. She brings honesty, loyalty and empathy to sessions.
Background and approach
Hayley values strong family principles while remaining non-judgemental and open-minded when people talk about difficult topics. Hayley uses a mix of approaches, choosing methods that suit the individual. She often focuses on past experiences, trauma, bereavement and neurodiversity.
She can offer practical coping strategies and clear psychoeducation alongside emotional support. As someone with ADHD herself, Hayley says she understands neurodiversity from lived experience. She works with both diagnosed and undiagnosed presentations and aims to help clients find strategies that fit their day-to-day life.
Sessions are tailored to the person rather than a one-size-fits-all model. Hayley encourages clients to set goals together, and to review progress as therapy continues. Her aim is to help people build skills to manage symptoms, improve relationships and cope with life changes.
What Hayley works with
Everything Hayley lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Hayley helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Hayley lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches that inform online counselling
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns that formed in early relationships and how they affect current connections. It helps people notice recurring styles of relating and learn different ways to feel safer in close relationships. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and teaches practical skills to manage mood, anxiety and day-to-day challenges. Mindfulness Therapy invites simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and support calmer thinking during stressful moments.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Hayley will discuss options together and adapt methods to what the person needs and prefers. That collaborative process helps shape goals and decide which techniques to use over time.
Online therapy with Hayley is offered by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging. Video lets people work face to face when that feels helpful. Phone sessions can be shorter or easier when bandwidth is low. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, note-taking or those who prefer typed communication. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible so it can fit around family life, work or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Hayley
What concerns can Hayley help with?
Hayley supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and many related issues such as grief, parenting challenges, addiction, ADHD and relationship or intimacy difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is person-centred and integrative, blending different approaches to match each person. Sessions tend to be straightforward, warm and focused on practical coping alongside emotional understanding.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Where is Hayley based and what credential does she hold?
Hayley practises in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration as the credential listed.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
She works remotely using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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