Counsellor profile
Chiara Stoten, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - stress and relationships
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 377773
- Experience6 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Anger management support
- Trauma and dissociation
- Client-centred work
About Chiara
Chiara Stoten is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with six years of practice experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, grief, anger and related concerns. Chiara also supports clients around intimacy, parenting, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD and career challenges.
Chiara uses an integrative approach and adapts how she works to suit each person. She listens to what someone wants from therapy and works at a pace that feels doable. That might mean looking at how past experiences connect to current problems, or focusing on small practical steps to cope day to day.
Her work draws on client-centred methods that prioritise the person's own aims, psychodynamic thinking about past-present connections, existential ideas about meaning and choice, and solution-focused techniques for immediate problems. In practice this can look like talking through patterns, making sense of difficult feelings, and trying specific ways to change unhelpful routines.
Chiara has built private practice experience in the Bristol area and has spent time working with young people in schools and universities as well as adults. She has significant experience supporting people with trauma, dissociation, depression, stress and relational issues, and is gaining recent experience with autism and ADHD.
Sessions are led by what the client needs and what they want to achieve. Chiara aims to help people gain more clarity and a greater sense of control over everyday difficulties, while moving at a speed that suits the individual.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's own goals and choices at the centre. Online sessions using this approach focus on what the client wants to change and how they prefer to work, with the counsellor listening and reflecting back what matters. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at links between past experiences and present patterns; in online work this can help people spot repeated reactions and make different choices. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on immediate steps and small changes that make a practical difference, which suits people wanting short-term strategies for stress, anger or relationship issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Chiara will discuss which methods might help most and adjust the way she works based on the client's needs, goals and preferences. That way the plan stays collaborative rather than fixed from the start.
Please confirm the current session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Many people use online sessions to fit counselling into busy days, for quieter check-ins that do not need travel, or for shorter practical problem-solving meetings where appropriate. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often find online work helps maintain consistency and makes therapy easier to fit around everyday life.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which difficulties does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, anger and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and person-centred, drawing on psychodynamic, existential and solution-focused approaches to match what the client needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience including private practice in the Bristol area and work with young people in schools and universities.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I have sessions in another language or from abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the profile.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.