Iwona Dreksler

Iwona Dreksler offers a warm, supportive counselling approach rooted in attachment-based and client-centred work. She keeps sessions collaborative and practical, helping people talk through anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and major life changes. Iwona speaks English and Polish and works with adults and adolescents.

Iwona holds an Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and is a BACP member, which means she follows the standards set by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She also has enhanced DBS clearance. These credentials shape how she manages professional practice and client safety.

Her day-to-day work includes private practice, bereavement counselling for a charity, and supporting people as a mental health support worker. This range of roles has exposed her to anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, grief and loss, and stress and burnout. She has also worked with children and young people in schools, which informs her view of how early life affects later wellbeing.

Therapy sessions are tailored to each person. Iwona combines practical tools with reflective conversation so clients can try small changes between meetings. She uses elements of cognitive behavioural techniques, mindfulness and solution-focused ideas when these suit the client’s goals.

People who come to her often want clearer coping strategies, help with relationships and intimacy issues, support through parenting or adoption-related concerns, or assistance with neurodiversity-related matters such as autism and ADHD. Her work also covers eating and sleeping difficulties, chronic health challenges, and compassion fatigue.

She aims to help clients find manageable steps forward, offering steady support and encouragement as they work at their own pace.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and behaviours, helping people understand connection and trust issues in day-to-day life. Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre, using empathic listening and gentle reflection to help people find their own direction. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers simple, practical techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to identify goals and try methods that fit those aims. This may mean mixing ideas from attachment work, client-centred listening and CBT until something feels helpful.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time and allow quicker check-ins when needed. It can also allow people to choose quieter surroundings, avoid camera use if preferred, or select shorter sessions to fit a work break. Registered or accredited professionals can often adapt tools and exercises for remote sessions so the work stays practical and focused.