Svetlana Hodge, BACP

Svetlana Hodge is a person-centered counsellor based in the United Kingdom who creates a warm, compassionate, and non-judgemental space for people to explore their experiences at their own pace. She works from the belief that individuals have inner resources for growth and healing, and she supports clients as they reconnect with those strengths through empathic, authentic relational work. Svetlana practices with attentiveness and patience, helping people make sense of overwhelming emotions such as anxiety and depression, navigate grief and loss, or find footing during life transitions.

Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including stress, family and parenting issues, self-esteem and identity, emotional overwhelm, and the challenges of cultural displacement and integration. She also works with specific areas such as abandonment and attachment issues, avoidant and dependent personality patterns, blended family dynamics, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, communication and commitment difficulties, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and eating related concerns.

Svetlana holds BACP membership - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and communicates fluently in English, Russian, and Ukrainian. She offers a relational, person-centred approach and invites those seeking support to reach out with questions or to arrange an initial session.

Client-Centered Care and Online Access

Svetlana practices a client-centered approach that focuses on listening with empathy and helping people reconnect with their own strengths. This approach emphasizes acceptance, active listening, and supporting the client to lead the pace and direction of therapy, which can be particularly helpful for anxiety, depression, self-worth concerns, and life transitions.

She also works relationally, attending to the therapeutic relationship as a space where honesty, empathy, and authenticity support exploration and change. Relational work helps with difficulties in attachment, communication problems, family and parenting dynamics, and patterns that repeat across relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the process, and Svetlana collaborates with each person to determine what fits best for their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors sessions based on the client’s concerns and the ways they find most helpful to work together.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be arranged by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit schedules, time zones, and comfort levels. These options make it easier for people in different locations or with busy lives to access consistent therapeutic support from licensed professionals and therapists.