Counsellor profile
Charlotte Hand, BACP
BACP counsellor - relationships and family concerns
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- Client-Centred Therapy
- Trauma-focused approaches
- Mindfulness techniques
About Charlotte
Charlotte Hand is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She also helps with parenting strain, grief, intimacy-related issues and the effects of trauma and abuse.
She offers both short and longer term work and adapts how she works to the issue in front of her. Sessions focus on practical tools and on talking through the patterns that keep problems repeating. She believes in working at a pace that feels comfortable and in setting clear goals together.
Her practice draws on several approaches, including client-centred listening, psychodynamic ideas about past relationships, mindfulness techniques and solution-focused steps. For people who have experienced sexual violence or other abuse she has completed specialist training in supporting adult survivors. She follows the ethical framework of the Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and attends regular professional supervision.
Typical themes she addresses include attachment and abandonment, blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency and bereavement. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, eating and body image issues, dissociation, and the fallout from separation or domestic violence.
Sessions are conversational and practical. Expect a mixture of reflective discussion and small, actionable tasks to try between meetings. Charlotte works collaboratively with each person to identify what helps and to build coping skills for everyday life.
How sessions work
How Charlotte uses approaches in online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy places your experience at the heart of the work. The therapist listens without judgement and follows what feels most important to you. This approach helps when someone needs space to talk through feelings and to make sense of difficult situations.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce overwhelm. These practices can help with anxiety, sleeping difficulties and managing strong reactions to stress. Psychodynamic ideas look at how past relationships affect current reactions and patterns, which can be useful for attachment or abandonment issues.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Charlotte will discuss options with you and decide together which methods suit your goals, preferences and pace. That collaborative choice can change over time as needs shift.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, for example by avoiding travel or enabling a shorter check-in between other commitments. It can also allow for quieter sittings without needing to be on camera or for sessions that focus on exercises rather than long conversation.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting problems does she handle?
She helps people manage parenting strain, blended family issues, family of origin problems and caregiver stress. She also supports those dealing with separation and its effects on family life.
How would she approach anxiety or stress?
She uses client-centred listening alongside mindfulness and solution-focused steps. The work blends talking about patterns with practical tools to reduce day-to-day stress.
What is her professional background?
She has five years' experience and has completed specialist training in supporting adult survivors of sexual violence, abuse, trauma and PTSD. She attends regular professional supervision.
Where is she based and how is she registered?
She works in the United Kingdom and is a registered member of the Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
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