Angela Davidson, BACP

Angela Davidson is a BACP member and a psychotherapist with over 13 years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and communication problems, and life changes. Angela also helps with issues such as grief, addiction, sleep and eating concerns, self-esteem, career worries, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related difficulties.

She uses practical, down-to-earth ways of working. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the person and building skills that help day-to-day. Angela draws on approaches like attachment-based work, cognitive behavioural techniques and client-centred listening to create a clear, usable plan.

Her background includes a senior counsellor role at a local agency and work with young people and individuals in mental health settings. That experience shaped a calm, steady approach to difficult topics and crisis moments. Angela aims to help people feel less overwhelmed and more able to make choices that suit their life.

In sessions she listens first, then helps people try small experiments and different ways of coping. She offers reflective conversation alongside practical tools such as thought-challenging, mindfulness and goal-setting. The goal is to leave each session clearer and with at least one small step to try.

People reach out for many reasons, from chronic stress to caregiving strain or ageing-related concerns. Angela works with each person’s priorities and pace, helping them plan realistic steps forward while respecting their experience and values.

How Angela’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current reactions. Online sessions can be used to notice those patterns, practise new responses, and talk through how relationships feel now. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It gives clear exercises such as thought records and behavioural experiments that people can try between sessions. Client-centred therapy prioritises a non-judgemental listening stance, helping people feel heard and then discover their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Angela will discuss goals and preferences and then suggest ways of combining methods. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made or new needs appear.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or remove travel time. Online work can also make it easier to use worksheets, mindfulness exercises and homework between meetings, which supports practical change over time.