Counsellor profile
Colette Safhill, BACP
BACP counsellor - relationships and parenting
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- Person-centred approach
- Works with trauma
- Supports parenting concerns
About Colette
Colette Safhill is a BACP counsellor with 20 years' experience in practice in the United Kingdom. She describes herself as a person-centred psychotherapist and works directly with the issues people bring to sessions. Colette supports adults with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting, addictions and trauma.
She uses a person-centred approach that keeps the conversation focused on the client's experience. That means listening closely and following what matters most to the person in front of her. Colette also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to help spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and on other approaches when they fit the client's needs.
Her background includes post-qualifying training in relationship work, trauma, adoption-related issues, eating disorders, domestic abuse and EMDR. She aims to work without judgement and to address practical problems like sleep, eating, anger and communication as well as longer-standing concerns such as attachment and abandonment worries.
Colette mentions experience supporting people with identity and intimacy questions, LGBT matters, grief and coping with life changes. She also lists work with caregiver stress, chronic illness and body image difficulties. These areas often come up alongside the day-to-day pressures of parenting and family responsibility.
The first appointment is used to clarify what the person wants to focus on and to plan next steps. Colette offers work by phone, online and in person, and she asks people to confirm which session types are best for them when booking.
How sessions work
How Colette uses common approaches in online work
Colette works from a person-centred base, which means sessions begin with the client's concerns and priorities. That approach is about listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the individual.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers practical exercises to try between sessions. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep issues and everyday stress. For people affected by trauma, Colette has experience with EMDR, an approach that aims to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories through guided processing.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Colette will talk through options, suggest what might help based on goals, and adjust the plan as work unfolds. Clients and therapist choose methods together rather than sticking to a single method from the start.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking as the biography lists phone, online and in-person work. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals like Colette aim to match therapy style and practical arrangements to everyday life and goals.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
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What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting, addictions, trauma, eating and sleeping problems, grief and related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Colette uses a person-centred approach and listens to what the client brings. She also uses cognitive behavioural methods and other therapies when appropriate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience as a person-centred psychotherapist following qualification at the University of Essex.
What credential does she hold and where does she practise?
She is BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes, she accepts international clients and offers sessions across borders in English.
Which session formats are offered?
Her biography states she works by phone, online and in person; confirm the current session options when booking.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and 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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