About Charlie
Charlie Bassett offers calm, practical support for people facing anxiety, stress and life changes. He listens with steady empathy and helps people learn tools to manage difficult thoughts and strong feelings. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and rebuild a sense of direction and hope.
Charlie frames counselling as a shared journey. He uses a person-centred stance to create a warm, non-judgemental space where people can talk honestly about what is hurting them.
Background and approach
From there he introduces techniques that suit the person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. He often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems alive. That work is practical and focused - identifying unhelpful habits, testing new ways of responding and practising small changes between sessions.
Alongside this he uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people clarify what matters to them and build a life that reflects those values. For longer-standing identity and relationship difficulties he may explore deeper themes using Jungian ideas about core beliefs and life narratives. Charlie brings 25 years of experience across community and clinical settings.
He has worked in adolescent services, court-linked programmes and adult day treatment. He is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). People come to him for many concerns including anxiety, depression, parenting strain, relationship problems, addiction issues and grief.
He works in English and sees clients in the United Kingdom.
How Charlie’s approaches work online
Charlie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in his online work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, testing alternatives and practising small changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values, accept difficult feelings and take committed steps toward a life they care about.Finding the right approach is a joint effort. Charlie will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as the work progresses. That collaborative way means the plan can change if something isn’t helping or new priorities emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let you work face to face from wherever you are, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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