Counsellor profile
Sylvia Louise Humphrey, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - stress and relationships
Continue with SylviaWhere Sylvia stands
- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 384698
- Experience
- 15 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- ACT
- CBT
- Attachment work
About Sylvia
Sylvia Louise Humphrey is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 15 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression and major life changes. Her practice also includes support for relationship and family concerns, codependency, trauma and other challenges listed in her profile.
Sylvia uses clear, practical ways to help people rethink unhelpful patterns. She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to look at thoughts and behaviours, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and small steps that matter. She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to understand how early relationships shape present reactions.
Sessions are conversational and focused on what the person wants to change. Sylvia helps people notice where they put others first and how to try out new boundaries. Work can include short experiments, gentle behaviour changes and talking through difficult feelings like shame, anger or grief.
She supports people with issues around intimacy, body image, sleeping and eating, career strain and compassion fatigue. Additional experience covers adoption and foster care, caregiving stress, chronic illness and neurodiversity related concerns such as autism and ADHD.
Sylvia accepts international clients and runs her practice from the UK. She asks people to use the site matching steps to start - complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session. Fees vary by location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
How Sylvia uses therapeutic approaches online
Sylvia works with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify what truly matters to them and take small, value-led steps even when feelings are difficult. ACT can help with anxiety, low motivation and getting unstuck from old patterns.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to map the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT supports practical problem solving for sleep, anxiety, eating patterns and confidence. Attachment-Based Therapy informs how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and helps people understand closeness, boundaries and intimacy issues.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Sylvia discusses goals, preferences and practicalities with each person and together they decide which methods to try. The approach can change over time as goals shift and progress is reviewed.
The profile does not list specific session formats here, so please confirm current options before booking. In general online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow short check-ins between commitments. If a quieter setting, less screen time or a brief phone check-in would help, mention that when you complete the matching questionnaire so session arrangements can be discussed.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Can she help with people-pleasing and boundary problems?
Yes. She helps people who habitually put others first to notice patterns and try small boundary changes.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Sessions are conversational and practical, using CBT and ACT techniques alongside attachment-informed ideas to focus on goals and everyday steps.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.
Do sessions take place in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes. She accepts international clients.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Fees vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and 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.