Beverly James, BACP
Beverly James welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about next steps.
About Beverly
Beverly James welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about next steps. She aims to make the first contact straightforward and calm for anyone worried about stress, anxiety, grief or low self-esteem. Beverly works in plain language and focuses on small, practical changes that can make a difference day to day.
She creates a warm, non-judgemental space where clients can speak openly about painful experiences. Sessions are collaborative - she listens, reflects what she hears, and helps people try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Practical tools may include looking at unhelpful thinking patterns and discovering values to guide decisions. Beverly draws on therapies that help people understand relationships and emotional patterns. She uses ideas from acceptance-based and cognitive approaches to reduce distress and increase flexibility.
Emotion-focused techniques are used where linking feelings and needs helps move things forward. With three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom, she works with a broad range of concerns from relationship and intimacy issues to addictions, bipolar and chronic illness matters. Beverly also supports people dealing with parenting strains, career stress and care-giver fatigue.
She offers sessions in English and can work with clients internationally. Appointments can be arranged by following the site process to match with her and then scheduling sessions at a time that suits you.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 392735 | November 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Beverly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- 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
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Beverly names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How Beverly’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and then choose actions that match what matters to them. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going, and teaches practical skills to challenge those patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression and sleep difficulties.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on recognising and naming emotions and how they affect relationships. It can help with intimacy-related issues and managing strong feelings in close connections.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Beverly will listen to your goals and try approaches that fit your needs. She works together with clients to adapt methods and track what helps most over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to provide flexibility. Video allows face-to-face connection, phone calls can be quicker check-ins and use less bandwidth, and chat or messaging suits shorter updates or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and to keep continuity when circumstances change.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Beverly help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, addictions and many related issues listed in her profile.
What is her style of therapy?
Beverly combines acceptance-based work with cognitive techniques and emotion-focused methods. She aims to be practical, collaborative and focused on what clients want to change.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience working with a variety of concerns in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed?
The profile lists BACP and shows she practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Appointments can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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