Stacey Coombes , NCPS

Stacey Coombes NCPS is an accredited integrative counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom with ten years of clinical experience. She creates a compassionate, non-judgmental space where people can explore difficult feelings, unpack long-held patterns, and work toward clearer understanding and practical change. She holds the NCPS credential, a professional counselling qualification that reflects her training and commitment to standards of practice.

Stacey works with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship difficulties, anger and impulsivity, trauma and abuse, grief, and intimacy-related issues. She also supports clients facing parenting challenges, career transitions, eating and body-image struggles, bipolar and mood-related problems, postpartum depression, and the effects of separation or domestic violence. Her additional focus areas include attachment issues, communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, and veteran and armed forces issues.

As an integrative practitioner, Stacey adapts evidence-informed methods to the needs of each individual, blending relational understanding with practical tools. Her approach emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and pacing that respects each person’s readiness for change. Reaching out for support is a meaningful step, and Stacey aims to walk alongside people as they build clarity, resilience, and greater self-compassion.

Integrative Approaches and Flexible Online Support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and develop practical skills to act in line with those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, low mood, and life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional responses. By exploring attachment dynamics, this approach can help with relationship difficulties, trust issues, and patterns of intimacy and distance.

Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the heart of the process, emphasizing empathy, active listening, and the therapist’s non-directive support. This approach is well suited to those seeking a compassionate space to explore identity, self-esteem, and personal growth.

Finding the right approach is often part of therapy itself. Stacey Coombes will work collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the focus over time as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility by making sessions possible via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. For many people this means easier scheduling around work, family, or mobility constraints and the ability to continue work with licensed professionals and therapists from a location that suits them.