May Brown

• Anxiety and stress
• Family and parenting
• Attachment work

About May

May Brown works with people on stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns using a humanistic, person-focused approach. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has eight years' experience in the field.

She draws on Attachment-Based, Client-Centred and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy methods to help people understand patterns in relationships and manage strong emotions. In sessions she listens to how past and present relationships shape feelings and behaviour, and helps people find ways to respond differently. Work can include talking through family and parenting challenges, issues with intimacy, and difficulties linked to culture or discrimination.

May has worked in an acute mental health hospital setting, running both one-to-one and group sessions. That experience means she is used to working with complex presentations such as trauma, bipolar difficulties and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with life transitions, career stress, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

In practical terms she aims to make counselling part of ordinary life. Sessions explore patterns from family of origin, communication problems, and codependency, and look at practical ways to cope with anger, guilt and shame. She also offers space to process immigration-related stresses and multicultural concerns.

May works in English and is based in the United Kingdom. Her BACP membership is recorded as BACP. To start, clients use the site's matching process to schedule an initial session.

How her approaches shape online counselling

Attachment-Based work focuses on how early relationships affect current connections and feelings; it can help with intimacy-related problems, family of origin issues and communication challenges. Client-Centred work places the client's experience at the heart of sessions and supports people to explore self esteem, guilt and shame at their own pace. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and can assist with anger, mood swings and distress tolerance.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit the client's goals and preferences, and may combine techniques as needed. The focus is on what helps the individual manage symptoms and change patterns in everyday life.

Confirm the session formats available before booking, as options are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around work or family commitments, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also help when quieter surroundings or lower bandwidth are required rather than being on camera. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists using these approaches, commonly offer sessions that aim to integrate into day-to-day life rather than disrupt it.

Topics May lists

• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Trauma and abuse
• Intimacy-related issues
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Compassion fatigue
• Blended family issues
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Immigration issues
• Isolation and loneliness
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Multicultural concerns
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Self-love
• Women's issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Existential Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy

Questions about May

Does she work with anxiety and stress?

Yes. She lists anxiety, stress and coping with life changes among her core concerns.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Attachment-Based, Client-Centred and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy approaches in her work.

What experience does she have?

She has eight years' experience and has run one-to-one and group work in an acute mental health hospital setting.

Is she registered with a professional body?

She is recorded with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

Can I have sessions in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she see international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start counselling with her?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.