About Christoper
Christoper Schippers-Wakeling is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on stress and anxiety. He helps people manage worry, low mood and confidence concerns. He also supports people facing relationship and intimacy issues, anger, motivation struggles and changes at work or home.
He uses a straightforward, warm approach in sessions. Christoper aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be talked about without fear of judgement.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and conversational, so the work feels grounded and relevant to daily life. Over four years he has worked with people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, addiction and compassion fatigue. He also gives support around parenting pressures, family matters and sexual identity issues.
Additional focus areas include attachment and control issues, dissociation and impulse-related concerns. Christoper holds BACP accreditation, which is shown as BACP. That reflects his professional registration in the UK.
He offers help with mood problems including panic and social anxiety, and with workplace stress and career choices. People who choose him can expect calm, practical conversations and tools to try between sessions. He encourages small steps and reviews progress together so plans can change as needed.
The first session is used to agree goals and a workable way forward.
Approaches and online options for anxiety and relationships
Christoper draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to support people with anxiety and relationship concerns. One common method focuses on helping people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behavioural responses that feed anxiety. This approach teaches practical strategies to reduce panic attacks, social anxiety and constant worrying.Another helpful approach centres on improving emotional connection and understanding within relationships. It explores how attachment and communication shape reactions, and offers simple ways to build clearer boundaries and better conversations. This can help with intimacy issues, jealousy, non-monogamous arrangements and workplace relationship problems.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christoper works with each person to identify their goals, preferences and what feels manageable. Together they try techniques, review what helps, and adjust the plan so it fits day-to-day life.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth. Live chat and messaging let people send updates or ask quick questions between sessions. These formats offer flexibility to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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