Steve Twinley

• Psychodynamic therapy
• Career and coaching
• Family and parenting concerns

About Steve

Steve Twinley works with stress, anxiety, family and parenting concerns, and with people juggling career pressures alongside home life. He uses psychodynamic approaches and has 15 years' experience. Steve is a BACP member and works with adults in the United Kingdom.

Steve draws on a background that combines long experience in counselling with many years in business. He spent over 17 years in recruitment and senior management, so he understands workplace pressure and the demands of balancing work and home life. This experience informs how he frames conversations about careers and stress.

In sessions he pays attention to patterns that repeat over time. He helps people notice links between past experiences and current feelings or behaviour. That approach is often useful for problems such as abandonment, attachment issues, and repeated relationship difficulties.

He also works with practical problems that affect daily life, including communication problems, blended family issues, fatherhood concerns, and the effects of chronic illness or cancer. Addictions, eating and food-related issues, and first responder stress are other areas he has addressed.

Steve offers counselling and mentoring aimed at helping people make clearer choices about work and family. He uses psychodynamic methods alongside skills drawn from solution-focused and time-limited work when appropriate. Sessions are conducted in English and he does not accept international clients at this time.

How psychodynamic work translates to online counselling

Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns that repeat in relationships and behaviour. It helps people make links between past experiences and current feelings, which can be useful for issues like attachment, abandonment concerns, and relationship cycles.

He also uses solution-focused and time-limited tools when a shorter, goal-orientated approach is needed. These methods focus on practical steps and small changes that can relieve pressure at work or home.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and decide together which methods to use. This is a collaborative process rather than a fixed plan.

Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, for example by avoiding travel and fitting a meeting into a lunch break or after work. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when needed and reduce the need to be on camera if that helps you engage. Confirm the specific session formats available before booking so you know what to expect.

Topics Steve lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Family conflicts
• Parenting issues
• Career difficulties
• Coaching
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Blended family issues
• Cancer
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Divorce and separation
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Process addictions
• Self-love
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Psychodynamic Therapy

Questions about Steve

Does he work with anxiety?

Yes. He works with anxiety and related stress issues using psychodynamic methods and other brief approaches where helpful.

What kind of counselling does he offer?

He offers psychodynamic counselling, with elements of solution-focused and time-limited approaches used when appropriate.

How much experience does he have?

Steve has 15 years' experience in counselling, mentoring and coaching, plus over 17 years' experience in recruitment and business leadership.

Is he registered with a professional body in the UK?

He is a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP).

Does he offer sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Can people outside the UK work with him?

He does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I start counselling with him?

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