About Geraldine
Geraldine Houston is a counsellor with eight years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She focuses on anxiety alongside a wide range of concerns such as depression, grief, addictions and self-esteem. Geraldine works to create a respectful, sensitive space for people to talk through what matters most to them.
Her style is practical and person-centred. Geraldine listens first, then tailors conversations and plans to each person’s needs. She aims to help people find clearer choices and small steps they can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Geraldine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques suited to the issue at hand. That can mean focusing on coping skills for stress and panic, addressing patterns that maintain low mood, or working through difficult life events such as loss or relationship strain. She adapts pace and focus depending on how someone responds.
She notes the courage it takes to start therapy and aims to support and empower people through that process. Geraldine encourages honest conversation about goals and what feels manageable in day-to-day life. Sessions are framed around practical change as well as emotional processing.
People can expect a straightforward, compassionate approach that balances listening with clear options. Geraldine is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers work in English and accepts international clients.
Approaches that guide online therapy and practical benefits
Geraldine draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on coping skills and patterns that keep problems going. One common approach she uses helps people learn short-term tools for managing anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding and behaviour experiments to reduce panic and worry. Another approach looks at thought and behaviour patterns to ease low mood and build healthier routines, helping with depression, low motivation and mood swings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Geraldine treats this as a collaboration - she will discuss options, try methods that suit a person's needs, and adjust the plan as progress becomes clear. Together the therapist and client decide what feels most helpful and realistic given daily life and goals.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different situations. Video works well for in-depth conversations and non-verbal cues, phone offers a simpler connection when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflective work between sessions. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and to maintain continuity when life changes.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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