Genevieve Walters
Experienced counsellor using narrative and client-centred approaches
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About Genevieve
Genevieve Walters is a counsellor with 18 years' experience and a Master of Social Sciences in Counselling Psychology. She is registered with the BACP, and her practice draws on narrative, existential and client-centred ways of working. Genevieve aims to give people a place to be heard and to make sense of difficult experiences.
She describes counselling as a process rather than a quick fix. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and on practical steps that can make life more manageable.
Background and approach
Genevieve uses reflective and creative methods alongside straightforward techniques for acute stress and trauma responses. Her background includes managing counselling teams in response to national disasters and the pandemic, and leading services in bereavement, hospice care and schools. She has supported professionals such as teachers, nurses, firefighters and government employees with burnout and vicarious trauma.
This work informs how she notices the impact of stressful roles and chronic caring responsibilities. Genevieve has worked with people facing bereavement, sudden loss, trauma and major life transitions. She also supports those coping with anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stress and identity matters within LGBT experience.
She offers a direct but compassionate approach and adapts methods to fit each person's needs. Training counsellors in higher education is part of her practice, and she brings that teaching perspective into sessions. Her aim is to help people find new ways of describing their lives, build self-trust and develop simple coping skills that work day to day.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 18
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 382137
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Narrative Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Genevieve's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Genevieve works with
Everything Genevieve lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Genevieve lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Genevieve works online
Choosing the right approach is part of the process and is decided together. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then try methods that match those needs. That collaborative planning can change over time as the work develops.
The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caring duties and daily life by removing travel time and allowing more flexible scheduling. It can also make shorter check-ins or quieter, low-bandwidth conversations possible when that better suits someone’s day. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, reflective tasks and creative methods to the online setting so the focus stays on practical support and clearer ways to manage stress and trauma.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and bereavement, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, depression, addiction and work-related burnout.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines client-centred listening with narrative and existential ideas, using reflective and creative methods alongside practical techniques for acute stress and trauma.
How long has she practised counselling?
She has been counselling since 2003, bringing 18 years of hands-on experience to her work with people facing major life changes and loss.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
She works in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Can someone who lives outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted and sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin counselling with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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