Sylvia Louise Humphrey, BACP - Therapist in United Kingdom

Emotionally-Focused Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Attachment-based work

About Sylvia

Sylvia Louise Humphrey is a BACP-registered counsellor working in the United Kingdom with 15 years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief and loss, low motivation, low self-esteem, depression and major life changes. Sylvia also lists work with relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting and a wide range of other issues.

Her approach focuses on emotions and close relationships. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based and client-centred ideas, and cognitive behavioural tools. Sessions aim to help people name difficult feelings and recognise the patterns that keep them stuck.

Sylvia keeps sessions practical and grounded. She helps people develop clearer communication, cope with grief, and manage anxiety day to day. For those with ongoing stress or burnout she also addresses compassion fatigue and caregiver strain.

She works with concerns such as body image, eating and sleeping problems, chronic pain and illness, ADHD, and issues linked to adoption, abandonment and ageing. Career and coaching topics are included alongside intimate and relationship-related difficulties.

People can expect a collaborative style that pays attention to what matters most to them. Initial steps involve a short questionnaire and then booking a first session. Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How Sylvia uses EFT, ACT and attachment ideas online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name core emotions and the patterns those feelings create in relationships and daily life. It is often used when emotions feel confusing or when patterns of distance and reactivity keep repeating. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on what matters to someone and on practical steps to live by those values while managing painful thoughts and feelings. Attachment-based approaches look at how early and current relationship patterns shape how people seek comfort and security. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Sylvia will discuss what you want to change and help decide whether EFT, ACT or attachment-based ideas suit your needs. That decision is made together, and may shift as therapy progresses. Confirm the session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify them here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, cut travel time, or choose a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. It also makes it possible to work with international clients while using the same therapeutic methods you would expect in face-to-face counselling.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Grief Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Intimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separation Domestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgiveness Guilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Men's issues Midlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacks Postpartum depression Post-traumatic stress Pregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based Therapy Client-Centered Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness Therapy Motivational Interviewing Solution-Focused Therapy Internal Family Systems

Experience

15+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes, among many other issues.

What is her therapeutic style?

Sylvia uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside ACT, attachment-based and client-centred ideas, with some CBT tools to support practical change.

How long has she practised?

She has 15 years of experience working with a wide range of emotional and life concerns.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is BACP registered and based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She accepts international clients.

How are sessions paid for?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.

Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.