Yolande Dewar

Yolande Dewar is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with 14 years of professional experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression and big life changes. She also supports those concerned about intimacy, sleep and eating, and people questioning their life purpose.

Yolande uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical alternatives. Sessions are conversational and focussed on problems that are getting in the way day to day. She encourages small, manageable steps so people can test changes between meetings.

She also brings experience supporting issues around ADHD, autism and Asperger Syndrome, and practical family matters such as blended family tensions and caregiver stress. Other areas she addresses include trauma and abuse, separation and divorce, obsessive behaviours, panic, guilt and shame, and self-harm concerns.

Her way of working is straightforward. She listens to what is most pressing, outlines possible ways to approach it, and works with the client to choose what to try. Meetings can include practical exercises, thought records and problem-solving tasks that can be continued between sessions.

Sessions are carried out in English. Before booking, clients should confirm current session options so they know what format will be used and how the subscription arrangement applies.

How CBT informs online sessions

Yolande works with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people identify patterns of thought that worsen stress or anxiety and then practise clearer, more helpful ways of thinking. CBT is useful for problems such as panic, obsessive thoughts, low mood and habits that cause day-to-day difficulty.

She applies CBT techniques in short practical exercises and keeps a focus on small behavioural experiments. That means sessions often include setting simple tasks or thought records to try between meetings, which can show whether different approaches make a real difference.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss options with the client and decide together which techniques to try based on goals and preferences. This collaborative choice helps match the style of sessions to what a person actually needs.

The biography indicates a preference for video and phone chat, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments around work or family commitments, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when a quick review is needed. Ask about the available formats so sessions can be arranged to fit everyday life.