Wendy Brook
Compassionate integrative counsellor for life changes
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About Wendy
Wendy Brook uses an integrative, person-centred style to help people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. She combines warm support with straightforward conversation to help people make sense of their feelings and choices. Wendy is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
She has twenty-four years of experience working with trauma and abuse, and with difficulties that often follow such experiences. That includes anxiety, depression, addiction and problems with anger and relationships.
Background and approach
Wendy describes trauma as anything that felt overwhelming at the time, not only single big events. Wendy helps people look at patterns that keep causing pain. Sessions focus on understanding emotions and responses, and on finding practical ways to change day-to-day life.
She prefers a gentle pace so people can feel safer exploring difficult memories and feelings. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas and emotion-focused work to look at how relationships affect how someone feels about themselves. She also uses dialectical behaviour ideas and existential thinking to help people manage distress and make meaningful choices.
Practical life issues she helps with include grief, parenting concerns, sleep and eating struggles, career stress, and long-term health or caring responsibilities. She also supports people facing issues like abandonment, adoption and foster care, and complexities around intimacy and kink. Outside of therapy, Wendy enjoys walks with her Labrador, horse events, painting with watercolours and time with family and friends.
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 24
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 117632
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Wendy's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Wendy works with
Everything Wendy lists, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Wendy lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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 Wendy works online
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will discuss options and work together with the person to decide which methods feel most helpful. Goals, preferences and the pace someone wants will shape the plan rather than a fixed protocol.
Please confirm the session formats available before booking, as they are not specified here. Online therapy can make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or offering a way to work without needing to be on camera. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt the work to suit practical needs while keeping the focus on emotional understanding and everyday coping skills.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, grief and relationship difficulties, among other concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is integrative and client-centred, focusing on listening, exploring emotions and finding practical steps to move forward.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has twenty-four years of experience working with a wide range of difficulties including trauma, addiction and mood problems.
What professional credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a course of therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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