- Psychodynamic counselling
- Workplace stress
- Family and parenting
About Steve
Steve Twinley is a BACP counsellor with over 15 years of experience working with people who struggle to balance pressure at work with challenges at home. He helps with stress, anxiety, family and parenting concerns, and supports career-related coaching. Sessions are offered in English and he works with clients across the United Kingdom and other countries, though international clients are not currently accepted.
Steve draws on psychodynamic counselling to look at patterns that repeat in life. He helps people make links between past experiences and present behaviour so they can make clearer decisions. Conversations are direct and practical, aimed at making daily life easier rather than using jargon.
Before training as a counsellor, Steve spent 17 years in recruitment and rose to Managing Director. That background gives him first-hand insight into workplace pressure and the strain of juggling job demands with family responsibilities. He also has volunteered as a Samaritan and holds a first-class degree in psychology from Oxford University.
Steve works with a wide range of issues beyond stress and anxiety. His additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family challenges, long-term illness and chronic pain, communication and control issues, addiction, eating difficulties, and problems around divorce and separation.
Sessions make space for people to talk through what is happening and to plan small, workable steps. To start, readers are asked to use the site button to complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session. The subscription model used for sessions can be cancelled at any time and costs vary by location.
How psychodynamic counselling translates to online sessions
Psychodynamic counselling looks at recurring patterns and earlier experiences that shape how someone reacts now. In practice this means noticing repeated behaviours, relationships or feelings and talking through links to past events so choices become clearer. This approach can be useful for stress, anxiety, attachment concerns and family difficulties.Steve also uses practical mentoring and coaching drawn from his years in recruitment to support workplace pressures and career decisions. That work focuses on concrete steps you can try between sessions alongside reflective discussion about longer-standing patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide whether psychodynamic work, coaching or a mix fits best. This is a collaborative decision and can be adjusted as sessions progress.
The biography notes he provides online counselling and mentoring. Please confirm the exact session formats and times when you book so they match your needs. Online work can help fit therapy into a busy day, make it easier to attend from different locations, and allow shorter check-ins or evening meetings when that suits your schedule.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, family and parenting issues, plus career coaching and related struggles such as addiction and communication problems.
How would he describe his therapeutic style?
He uses psychodynamic counselling to help people see patterns from their past that affect the present, and frames sessions in plain, practical conversation.
What experience does he bring to sessions?
Steve has over 15 years of counselling, mentoring and coaching experience plus 17 years in recruitment, which informs his understanding of workplace pressure.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom and holds a first-class degree in psychology from Oxford University.
Can I work with him if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and he has worked with people in the US and Europe, but international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats does he offer?
The original biography states he provides online counselling and mentoring; please confirm current session formats and times before booking.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try a session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.