About Christopher
Christopher Atkinson holds NCPS and brings 14 years of professional experience to his counselling practice in the United Kingdom. He focuses on practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or the aftermath of trauma and loss. His style is straightforward and respectful, and he treats each person as the expert on their own life.
Christopher uses a client-centred approach that keeps the conversation focused on the person in front of him.
Background and approach
He listens for strengths and helps people notice resources they may be overlooking. Sessions aim to be collaborative, not directive, so the client’s goals guide the work. People come to him for a range of concerns, including relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, anger, addiction, and coping with big life changes.
He also supports those dealing with grief, compassion fatigue, bipolar and ADHD related challenges, body image, chronic illness, and caring responsibilities. His manner is calm and encouraging. He helps people break problems into manageable steps and find ways to cope day to day.
Conversations are practical and rooted in what the person wants to change. Christopher accepts international clients and offers sessions in English. He works by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging so people can choose what best fits their routine and needs.
How client-centred therapy works online
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and supporting the person to find their own solutions. In practice this means the counsellor reflects what you say, asks clarifying questions, and helps you notice your strengths and values. This approach can help with anxiety, stress, relationship worries and coping after loss.In sessions Christopher keeps the work collaborative. He will help you identify what matters most and suggest ways to try new coping steps. Together you can test what helps and adjust the approach as you go so the plan fits your needs and goals.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful when you want face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into short breaks. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy around work, family life, travel, or different time zones.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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