Dimitrios Charizanis, BACP, NCPS

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience and priorities. In sessions the counsellor follows what the client brings, reflecting feelings and helping the person make their own decisions. This approach is useful for dealing with stress, low self-esteem and relationship worries.

Existential Therapy looks at life meaning, choices and responsibilities. It helps people facing life changes, grief or questions about purpose by exploring values and what matters to them. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns that repeat over time and how past experiences shape present reactions, which can be useful for long-standing relationship or attachment issues.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences rather than imposing a single style. That means checking in and adjusting the way sessions are run as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distance, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a quieter environment is needed, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats help make regular sessions easier to fit around work, family and travel.