Counsellor profile
May Brown, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and wellbeing
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 384877
- Experience
- 8 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment-based work
- Narrative approaches
- DBT skills
About May
May Brown is a BACP-registered counsellor with eight years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works with issues such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem and relationship concerns. Her work also includes grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stresses, and pressures from discrimination or cultural identity.
She writes plainly about helping people notice patterns that repeat across relationships and daily life. Sessions often look at how attachment and past family experiences shape current choices. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred conversation, and techniques from narrative and existential work to help people tell and reframe their stories.
May has worked in acute mental health settings and in one-to-one and group contexts. That background informs a focus on practical coping skills alongside reflective discussion. People who struggle with people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or living around another person’s moods are within the range of concerns she addresses, including codependency-related patterns.
She describes therapy as a way to process day-to-day life rather than only turning to help at crisis points. Sessions can be used to work on setting boundaries, exploring family of origin issues, and managing guilt or shame. May also supports clients dealing with career stress, midlife questions, and cultural or immigration-related difficulties.
To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Fees vary by location and are run through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches inform online work
May draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. This approach often focuses on understanding closeness, dependency and the ways people respond under stress, which can help with repeated people-pleasing or boundary difficulties. Client-centred therapy provides a space for open, non-directive conversation where the person sets the pace and topics. Narrative therapy helps by encouraging people to retell and reframe troublesome stories about themselves and their relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. May works collaboratively to see which methods feel most useful for a person’s goals and preferences. She discusses options in early sessions and adapts the mix of listening, skill-teaching and story work as needed.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find that remote sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Online work can also make it easier to attend from different locations and to balance sessions with work or family commitments. Registered or accredited professionals will explain practical arrangements and help tailor session length and pacing to everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and relationship issues, plus grief, trauma and parenting stress.
How would she describe her way of working?
Her style blends client-centred listening with attachment-based thinking, narrative reflection and some DBT skills for coping.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience, including work in acute mental health settings and group and one-to-one therapy.
Is she recognised by a professional body in the UK?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I don’t speak English well?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with people outside the UK?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What are the session formats and cost arrangements?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; fees vary by location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How do I begin if I want to try a session?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.