- Years in practice
- 13
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Zoe
Zoe Silk is a counsellor with 13 years of experience supporting people through stress and anxiety. She helps with addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Zoe also works with grief, sleep and eating concerns, parenting questions and career strain.
She uses straightforward language and a calm manner to help people feel heard and understood. Her approach starts by listening to the person's story and spotting strengths they already have.
Background and approach
She draws on client-centred work that keeps the person's experience central. Zoe also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. In longer work she may use psychodynamic perspectives to uncover repeating patterns from the past.
For trauma-related difficulties she applies trauma-focused methods to help people process painful memories safely. Internal Family Systems ideas are sometimes used to help people recognise and relate to different parts of themselves. Zoe holds the NCPS credential and practises in the United Kingdom.
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs. She recognises that starting therapy can feel daunting and aims to make the first steps clear and manageable. Her sessions are practical and conversational.
Zoe helps people set small goals, try new ways of relating to themselves, and build strategies for coping with life changes. Many people come for help with parenting-related stress, burnout and balancing competing demands.
What Zoe works with
Everything Zoe lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Zoe helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Zoe lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Zoe's approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and patterns. Online sessions can help people notice these patterns, try new ways of relating, and reduce repeated conflict or worry about closeness.Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. In remote sessions this helps people feel heard, make sense of their feelings, and set goals at their own pace.
Psychodynamic ideas are used to uncover recurring themes from the past that influence present behaviour. Talking about these patterns online can bring greater self-understanding and change long-standing responses to stress or relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as priorities change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care and to fit therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Zoe
What concerns does Zoe help with?
Zoe supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and trauma issues, plus parenting, grief, sleep and eating problems and many related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and conversational, centred on listening and spotting strengths. She helps people set small goals and try practical steps between sessions.
What experience does she bring?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with a broad range of emotional and behavioural difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the NCPS credential and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to her availability.
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