Colette Safhill, BACP

Colette Safhill is a person-centred counsellor with two decades of practice. She is BACP accredited and aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through what matters to them. Colette uses straightforward conversation to help clients facing stress, anxiety, depression and the life changes that often come in midlife.

Her approach is grounded in client-centred work, so the conversation follows the client's priorities. She also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to address unhelpful thinking, and on trauma-focused methods when past events keep causing distress. Sessions are practical and paced to each person's needs.

Colette has experience supporting people with relationship difficulties, grief, intimacy-related worries, addictions and eating or sleeping problems. She also helps with attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiving stress, chronic illness and body image issues. LGBT concerns and adoption and foster-care related themes are among areas she often sees.

She trained at the University of Essex and has continued professional development in areas such as relationship work, trauma, eating disorders, domestic abuse and EMDR. Her long experience includes work in different settings and with varied presenting problems.

Colette offers work in English from the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. Before booking, clients should confirm current session options and scheduling details to make sure they fit their needs.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and following their lead. Online sessions using this approach let the counsellor listen closely and reflect back what is important to the client, helping people feel heard and clearer about next steps.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and offers practical exercises to try between sessions. Online CBT can support anxiety, mood problems and unhelpful coping by setting small tasks and reviewing progress together.

EMDR is a trauma-focused method that works with distressing memories to reduce their intensity. When relevant, Colette uses trauma-informed techniques drawn from this work to help with recurring intrusive memories or overwhelming reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided collaboratively. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then adapt methods as therapy progresses to suit each person's needs.

Session formats were not fully specified in the biography, so clients should confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, avoid travel time and keep continuity while relocating or travelling. It also allows for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or phone conversations when video is not ideal.