Christine Gooddy, BACP

Christine Gooddy is a counsellor who bases her work on client-centred practice and adapts it to each person she meets. She describes herself as calm and compassionate and draws on 13 years of experience supporting people through trauma, depression and major life changes. Christine is a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) member and works in the United Kingdom. Her work often focuses on the emotional aftermath of abuse and trauma, and on related issues such as grief, low self-esteem and anger. She also helps people facing career crossroads, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue and the uncertainties of midlife. Sessions aim to help people find practical ways to manage difficult feelings and rebuild a sense of purpose. Christine trained in Person-Centred counselling and now uses an integrative approach that brings in different methods to suit each person. She also uses elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Gottman Method ideas for relationship work, and trauma-focused approaches where helpful. In sessions she listens for what feels useful and adjusts her style to the person in the room. She speaks from lived experience of depression and says that has shaped how she supports others. Christine emphasises the therapeutic connection as central to progress and works collaboratively to calm the inner critic and develop coping strategies. Her experience includes group work with adult survivors of historic abuse alongside one-to-one counselling. To begin, people are invited to use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before arranging sessions according to the therapist's schedule.

How key approaches shape online work

Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work, so the counsellor listens carefully and follows what matters most to the client. This helps people who feel stuck, anxious, depressed or unsure about their next steps to be heard and to discover their own solutions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and uses practical steps to change them. It is often used for depression, anxiety and unhelpful thinking that gets in the way of daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has helped in the past. Together they decide which combination of methods feels most useful and adjust this as progress is made.

Online or remote therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Specific session formats are not detailed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals aim to make online work practical and responsive to each person's life and needs.