Stacey Coombes, NCPS

Stacey Coombes is an accredited integrative counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom who offers a compassionate, non-judgmental space for people to explore their thoughts and feelings. With ten years of experience, she combines different therapeutic methods to tailor support to each person's needs, walking alongside clients with empathy, practical tools, and thoughtful insight. Stacey holds the NCPS credential - a professional qualification indicating training and recognition in counselling and psychotherapy - and uses that background to inform a flexible, person-focused practice.

She specialises in areas including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, anger, self-esteem challenges, depression, family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, parenting and career matters, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, body image, communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, domestic violence, forgiveness, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, jealousy, veteran and armed forces issues, mood disorders, and postpartum depression. Stacey aims to help people make sense of recent transitions or long-held emotional patterns by creating a steady, supportive therapeutic alliance and adapting her approach to what works best for the individual.

Integrative approaches and online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then commit to actions that align with their values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding patterns in close relationships formed early in life and how those patterns affect current connections - it can help with intimacy issues, relationship difficulties, and attachment concerns. Client-Centered Therapy places the person's experience at the center of the work, offering empathic listening and support to build self-understanding and self-esteem, which is useful for issues like low self-worth and coping with transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Stacey works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the approach as trust and understanding grow. The aim is to discover practical and meaningful ways forward together.

Online therapy with Stacey uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy life, to continue work through transitions, or to connect from different locations while working with licensed professionals and therapists who tailor care to each individual.