Christine Burcham , BACP

Christine Burcham is a BACP counsellor who uses an integrative, humanist approach. She draws on different therapeutic methods to suit each person's needs. She aims to make sessions welcoming and straightforward so people can speak honestly about what is hard for them.

Christine focuses on common concerns such as anxiety, stress, low confidence and relationship difficulties. She also works with issues like trauma and grief, mood challenges, addiction, ADHD and the strain of caregiving. She supports people facing body image, intimacy, parenting and career worries as well.

Her way of working starts with listening. Christine helps people name their thoughts and feelings, and then together they look for steps that feel manageable. Sessions are paced to fit what the person needs in the moment, whether that is practical skills, talking things through or examining relationship patterns.

She brings experience from social care and the NHS to her private work. That background informs how she responds to emotional distress and long-term difficulties. Christine aims to offer clear explanations and simple tools people can use between sessions.

People can expect a collaborative process that respects their pace and priorities. The focus is on finding ways to feel steadier and more able to cope with life changes. Christine works with adults in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.

Therapeutic approaches for online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that build a more meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, low mood and life changes.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It teaches practical techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and to build coping skills for stress, sleep problems and anxiety.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current feelings. It can be useful for intimacy issues, attachment concerns and relationship struggles.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Christine will talk through your needs, goals and preferences and together you can try methods that feel most useful. The process is collaborative and may combine elements from different models to fit what helps you most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls approximate face-to-face sessions and allow visual cues. Phone sessions and live chat work well when a quieter or shorter check-in is needed. Text-based messaging can suit people who prefer writing or want ongoing support between calls. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, caregiving or busy days, while letting you choose the format that feels best.