Wing Yau, BACP
Wing Yau offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression or big life changes.
About Wing
Wing Yau offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression or big life changes. She speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese and brings 11 years of experience in the United Kingdom. Wing focuses on helping people sort through relationship and intimacy concerns, cope with trauma and abuse, and manage addictive behaviours and mood difficulties.
Her sessions start with listening. She helps clients name what is most worrying and choose small, manageable steps forward.
Background and approach
Conversations cover coping skills, thinking patterns, emotion regulation and ways to improve communication with important people in their lives. Wing draws on a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviours.
She adopts Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques to clarify values and build flexible coping. Attachment-based ideas guide work on close relationships and trust. Clients can expect a supportive, down-to-earth style.
Sessions are practical and focused on routines and skills that fit day-to-day life. Wing often combines short-term strategies with longer-term planning so progress can be tracked and adjusted. She also helps with sleep and eating concerns, grief, parenting stress, career pressure, ADHD-related challenges and compassion fatigue.
Wing aims to make change feel achievable, one step at a time.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 400019 | February 2027 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Wing lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Wing names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people get clearer about what matters to them and take small steps that match those values. It focuses on accepting difficult feelings while building a life that feels meaningful. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to patterns of relating and trust in close relationships and can help people understand and change how they connect with others.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will listen to your current difficulties, goals and preferences, and suggest a blend of methods that suit your situation. That plan can be adjusted as work progresses so you stay involved in decisions about direction and pace.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets you have fuller conversations and see non-verbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, practical coaching or when typing feels more comfortable. These formats give flexibility to pick the way that fits your routine and energy level.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Wing help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, sleep and eating problems, ADHD-related challenges and more.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and practical with an emphasis on listening and clear steps. She blends skills-based work with values and relationship-focused exploration.
How much experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and relational concerns in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds BACP accreditation and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, Mandarin and Cantonese and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How is cost handled?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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