About Chris
Chris Whitwood is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He has four years of professional experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or low mood. Chris speaks English and offers sessions for clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.
He focuses on practical work to improve confidence, motivation and self-esteem. Chris often supports people recovering from trauma and abuse and those facing intimacy or relationship concerns.
Background and approach
He also helps with sleep problems, eating worries, grief and the challenges that come with life changes. In sessions he aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk through difficult thoughts and feelings. Conversations are straightforward and goal-focused, with time spent on developing coping skills that can be used between meetings.
He encourages small steps that build into lasting change. Chris offers a mix of shorter check-ins and longer therapeutic meetings depending on what a client needs. He also works with people coping with caring responsibilities, chronic illness or addiction-related concerns.
Each plan is adapted to the person’s situation and priorities. People who choose Chris typically want clear, practical support for everyday problems. He supports clients who are ready to try new ways of coping and who want a steady, supportive presence while they make changes.
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options
Chris uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common method helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and then practise different responses to those thoughts; this approach is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Another approach Chris uses supports gradual facing of difficult memories or situations while building coping skills to reduce overwhelm, which can help after trauma or during recovery from abuse.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Chris will discuss options and adapt methods to fit each person’s goals and preferences. Decisions about pace, focus and tools are made collaboratively so the plan matches what a person needs right now.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are good for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins and text messaging is useful for ongoing support between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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