May Pope, NCPS

May Pope is a counsellor who helps people navigate the complicated emotional challenges that life can bring. She works with stress, anxiety, depression, family difficulties, trauma and abuse, and can support clients who experience panic attacks. Using evidence-based approaches alongside compassion and empathy, she creates a therapeutic space designed to support personal growth and practical change.

May Pope practices person-centred counselling and integrates other modalities such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) when it suits a client’s needs. Her approach aims to build a trusting relationship within therapy so clients can learn to relate differently to family members, friends and themselves. She offers both short-term and long-term work and schedules sessions weekly or fortnightly, with some clients choosing monthly check-ins to help facilitate a supported ending.

Her specialist areas include trauma, work with neurodivergent clients, ADHD and autism. She is completing a masters degree focused on ASD in women and the impacts of family estrangement and has recently undertaken CPD trainings in trauma and C/PTSD to enhance her practice. May Pope also has experience working with psychosis, addiction and alcoholism, and with personality presentations such as borderline personality disorder and bipolar. She does not work with eating disorders or with children at this time. Anyone seeking support for a specific issue or for feelings of sadness or loneliness is invited to reach out.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Flexible Online Support

May Pope uses person-centred counselling as a foundation, which focuses on building a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship and helping clients explore their own values and goals. This approach can be particularly helpful for issues involving family relationships, attachment concerns and emotional processing.

She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), a practical, skills-based method that helps people identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT is often used to address anxiety, depression and stress and to develop coping strategies for everyday challenges.

May Pope incorporates trauma-informed techniques when needed, informed by recent CPD training, to support people working with trauma and complex post-traumatic stress responses. The choice of approaches is collaborative - May Pope works with each client to decide which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences.

Online therapy sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support from different locations. Working online can provide scheduling flexibility and consistent contact with a licensed professional or therapist while pursuing meaningful therapeutic work.