Collette Duffin , NCPS

Collette Duffin is a counsellor who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship struggles and issues affecting self-esteem. She works with people facing trauma, grief, anger, depression and life changes. Collette aims to create a calm, approachable space where clients can talk honestly and begin to make changes.

Collette has six years of experience in therapy and related personal development work. She uses a mix of practical tools and talking therapy to help people manage strong emotions and improve day-to-day functioning. Her background includes supporting people through abandonment and family of origin problems, blended family challenges, adoption and foster care matters, and caregiving stress.

Her work also covers intimacy-related concerns, communication and commitment issues, codependency, domestic violence recovery, and coping after separation or divorce. She supports people dealing with cancer, loss, and natural or human-caused disasters, helping them find steady ways to cope and move forward.

In sessions Collette combines approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with a client-centred attitude. She mixes practical skill-building with space to reflect and process difficult feelings.

Collette holds NCPS as a credential and practises from the United Kingdom. She offers sessions in English and uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that suits them.

Using evidence-based approaches in online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then move toward what matters most. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and getting unstuck when life changes feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going and teaches practical steps to change them, which is often helpful for anxiety, low mood and coping skills. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centres on understanding emotions and improving emotional connection and communication; it can help when intimacy or relationship feelings feel confusing or painful.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods together to see what helps. That collaborative process means techniques can be adapted over time to fit real needs.

Online therapy offers flexibility to fit appointments into busy lives. Video calls make it possible to have face-to-face conversation without travelling, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and text-based messaging allows short reflections between sessions. These options let people pick formats that match their routines and comfort while working with a registered or accredited professional.