Collette Duffin, NCPS

Collette Duffin is a counsellor who focuses on helping people through midlife shifts and other big life changes. She writes plainly and listens closely, offering a warm, welcoming space for people to talk about anxiety, trauma, self-esteem and relationship concerns. Collette holds NCPS as a credential and draws on six years of professional experience to guide conversations and practical steps forward.

Collette uses a person-centred way of working that keeps the person’s priorities at the heart of each session. She combines this with techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy to help spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas are used to help people relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings.

Her background includes personal and professional experience with anxiety, trauma and self-esteem challenges, which inform how she shapes sessions. Collette aims to teach simple skills and offer short exercises people can use between meetings. She also supports people dealing with grief, anger, depression and stress, and helps with relationship and family concerns from an individual perspective.

People who choose Collette often want straightforward support and practical tools as well as space to process emotions. She offers coaching-style input alongside therapeutic work when that fits a person’s goals. Collette asks prospective clients to use the Start Therapy button and a short matching questionnaire to begin the process.

Sessions are based in the United Kingdom and are conducted in English. International clients are not currently accepted. Costs vary by location and the subscription used, and the subscription can be cancelled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Collette uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them. ACT often focuses on values and small steps that move someone toward a life they care about, which can be useful during midlife change or major transitions.

She also works from a client-centred perspective, offering a non-judgemental space where the person sets the agenda. This approach prioritises listening and reflecting, which helps people feel heard and make clearer choices about next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Collette will discuss your goals, preferences and difficulties and together decide which methods to use. That teamwork means approaches can be adjusted as progress is made or new priorities appear.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when life is hectic. It also makes it simpler to continue weekly work when circumstances change, while still allowing practical skill-building and reflective conversation similar to in-person sessions.