Geoffrey Fenney, BACP

Geoffrey Fenney is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. He works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression. Geoffrey describes people as the experts of their own story and focuses on building on existing strengths.

Geoffrey takes a straightforward, conversational approach in sessions. He listens to the practical effects of problems and helps people name what is happening. He uses a mix of talking, exploration of past relationships, and mindfulness exercises to help with overwhelming feelings and repeated patterns.

People who come to him often want help with feeling stuck after big life changes, managing anxiety day to day, or coping with loss. He also supports those working through attachment and abandonment concerns, family and blended family tensions, and issues around body image and self-worth. He includes work on motivation and confidence alongside emotional processing.

Sessions tend to focus on current problems and the relationships that feed them. Geoffrey draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape expectations now. He also uses client-centred listening and psychodynamic conversation to uncover patterns that keep repeating.

Mindfulness techniques are used practically in sessions to reduce stress and ground attention. Motivational interviewing helps when people want to change behaviours such as substance use or commitment patterns. Geoffrey encourages clear, doable steps between sessions so progress is measurable and not just theoretical.

How Geoffrey uses therapeutic approaches online