Wendy Brook

Wendy Brook is a counsellor who blends warmth with practical support. She uses an empathic, client-led style to help people make sense of difficult feelings. Wendy aims to help clients find their own answers while offering steady guidance through change and pain.

Wendy has 24 years of experience and is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Much of her work focuses on trauma and abuse, understood broadly as events or experiences that people found overwhelming at the time. She also supports people dealing with depression, addictions, anger, relationship problems and the strain of major life changes.

Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centred principles, grounded in what feels safe and manageable for each person. She uses elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when these tools match a person’s needs. Sessions move at a pace chosen by the client, with attention to emotional patterns and practical coping skills.

Wendy often helps with complex and overlapping issues such as grief, parenting stress, chronic health challenges, codependency and concerns around intimacy. She also works with people facing career uncertainty, ADHD-related struggles, bipolar mood challenges and compassion fatigue.

Clients come for both short-term problem solving and longer conversations about life direction. Outside work she enjoys walking with her Labrador, painting with watercolours and watching horse events, which inform her calm and steady presence in sessions.

Therapeutic approaches and online work

Wendy commonly draws on attachment-based and client-centred approaches. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice and change repeating behaviours. Client-centred work focuses on what matters most to the person in the room, with the counsellor following the client’s lead and reflecting what they say to aid understanding.

She also uses elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to introduce practical coping skills for managing strong emotions. DBT techniques can help with anger, mood swings and distress tolerance in everyday moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Wendy will work together with each person to identify which methods fit their needs and goals. This is a collaborative conversation that can change as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, cut travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to keep appointments around work or caregiving duties, while maintaining the same focus on emotional understanding and practical skills.