Stella Hendricks

Stella Hendricks is a counsellor who helps people manage anger, stress, anxiety and relationship strain. She supports clients with sleep problems, self-esteem concerns, career worries and the emotional impact of grief and trauma. Stella works from a calm, non-judgemental stance and aims to make hard conversations easier to have.

She uses psychodynamic therapy to look at the deeper patterns that shape feelings and behaviour. That means talking about past experiences and recurring ways of relating so current problems make more sense. Stella helps people notice repeated responses and try out different ways of coping.

Attachment-Based Therapy is also part of her approach. This helps when difficulties arise from early connections with caregivers, or when people struggle with closeness and trust in relationships. The focus is on building steadier, more compassionate ways of connecting with others and with the self.

Stella has five years of professional experience and holds BACP registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works with a wide range of concerns including eating and food-related issues, addiction, dissociation, domestic violence, and compassion fatigue. Her practice is based in the United Kingdom and she meets with clients in English.

She invites people to take things at their own pace and to bring whatever feels important into the room. Reaching out can feel daunting, and Stella aims to make the first steps as straightforward as possible.

Therapeutic approaches explained and online options

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of connecting. It looks at patterns of closeness, trust and separation to help people form steadier emotional bonds and feel safer in relationships.

Psychodynamic Therapy explores the underlying feelings and repeated patterns that influence behaviour today. It involves gentle inquiry into past experiences and present reactions so people can understand why they respond as they do and experiment with different choices.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best given their goals and preferences, and will revisit that choice as therapy progresses.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can help fit counselling into a busy life by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering ways to meet outside traditional office hours. Registered or accredited professionals can often adapt sessions to practical needs while keeping the focus on steady progress and real-life changes.