Muriel Tafts

Muriel Tafts is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of post-qualification experience and two years of placement practice. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, career questions and coping with life changes. Muriel also lists life purpose among her focus areas and supports those wrestling with midlife questions or work-related strain.

She trained at foundation degree level in integrated counselling, covering client-centred, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic approaches. Muriel uses those approaches to help people notice their thinking and behavioural patterns and to explore where problems began. She offers information about psychological concepts and suggests practical steps to try between sessions.

In early meetings she and the client agree goals, usually within the first three sessions, and they review progress every four weeks. Sessions tend to be solution-focused when appropriate, while also making space to understand deeper patterns that keep problems repeating.

Muriel has additional training in areas such as the neuroscience of ADHD and autism spectrum conditions, dementia, addiction, depression and psychosis, plus work on self-harm and suicide prevention. She is currently studying for an MSc in Workplace Health and Wellbeing, which informs her interest in workplace stress and career concerns.

Clients can expect a straightforward, curious approach that combines discussing feelings with practical steps. Muriel encourages small experiments between sessions and keeps the work goal-oriented and reviewable as it progresses.

How her approaches translate to online work

Muriel draws on client-centred work, cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic ideas to structure her sessions. Client-centred work focuses on listening and reflecting so people can say what matters to them and notice their feelings. CBT offers straightforward tools to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours between sessions, useful for anxiety, stress and social fears. Psychodynamic work looks at recurring patterns and early experiences that influence current relationships and choices.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Muriel will work with a client to decide which methods to emphasise based on their needs, goals and preferences. That conversation is collaborative and reviewed regularly as goals are set and progress is checked every few weeks.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time for workplace or midlife concerns. Online work can make it easier to keep up with regular sessions and to try practical homework between meetings without major disruption to daily life.