About Chris
Chris Orton is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. He also supports people dealing with relationship difficulties, low self esteem, depression and life changes. Chris works in a warm, non-judgemental way to help people get clearer about what matters to them.
He works from a client-centred perspective that puts the person's experience first. Sessions invite honest reflection about feelings, thoughts and behaviour. The aim is to help people notice patterns that cause distress and then make practical changes that feel right for them.
Background and approach
Chris also draws on existential ideas to help people face big questions about meaning, choice and responsibility. That approach can be useful when someone feels stuck, empty or unsure about their direction. It can also help with grief, identity concerns and issues around gender dysphoria.
He describes his role as walking alongside people through hard times. He listens carefully and offers gentle challenges so clients can deepen self-understanding. He acknowledges the wider social pressures that shape emotional pain while helping people adapt their responses.
Chris is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. He trained at postgraduate level in counselling and psychotherapy and previously worked in a university counselling service. He offers sessions in English to people in the United Kingdom and internationally via online formats.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Chris uses client-centred therapy to focus on the person's immediate experience. This approach means the counsellor listens carefully, reflects what is heard and helps the client make sense of their feelings. It is useful for worries about anxiety, relationships and self esteem.He also draws on existential therapy to help people tackle questions about meaning, choice and identity. That approach helps when someone feels stuck, empty or uncertain about life direction and can support work on grief, gender dysphoria or major life changes.
Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Chris will discuss different approaches with each person and agree a plan together. The client’s needs, goals and preferences shape which ideas are used and how sessions are paced.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you use visual connection for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be an easier option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for regular support, brief updates or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, study and daily life while keeping the focus on helpful, collaborative change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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