Isabel Stock, BACP

Isabel Stock is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She offers a warm, person-focused way of working and creates a space where people can come as they are. Isabel draws on four years of professional experience to support conversations about identity, body image and the impacts of trauma.

She uses client-centred methods that keep the person’s priorities at the heart of each session. She also brings elements of trauma-focused work to help people process experiences of physical, sexual or domestic violence. Sessions are conversational and paced to the individual’s needs.

Isabel has particular experience with issues around eating and body image. She identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community and is explicit about being plus size, so she offers an accepting environment for people exploring gender, sexuality and fat-related trauma. She also supports people experiencing depression, anxiety and neurodivergent-related concerns.

Beyond those areas, Isabel works with a wide range of related stresses such as caregiver strain, chronic illness, attachment difficulties and relationship communication problems. Her aim is to help people feel clearer about themselves and make steps towards the life they want.

Practical conversations are part of the work. Isabel invites clients to set goals together and to try approaches that suit their daily life and needs.

How person-centred and trauma-focused work fits online

Isabel draws on client-centred therapy and trauma-focused approaches to guide online conversations. Client-centred therapy means the session follows what matters to the person, with the counsellor listening, reflecting and helping you make sense of things. This approach is useful for identity questions, body image concerns and everyday stresses.

Trauma-focused work helps people gently process past harms and reduce their ongoing impact. In practice this means the counsellor and client will plan how to approach difficult memories and pause or change direction if a pace feels too fast. This can help those affected by physical, sexual or domestic violence to work through specific experiences.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals and preferences and agree together which methods to try. That collaborative decision is revisited as the work progresses.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around daily life and making it easier to attend from different locations. Because the exact session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm current session options before booking. The focus remains on making sessions useful and workable for everyday routines, whether that means shorter check-ins, quieter times in the day or ways of working that do not require being on camera.