Lisa Powell, BACP

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current connections and trust. It helps when people struggle with closeness, abandonment fears or repeating painful relationship patterns. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience and values, offering a non-directive space where feelings are listened to and understood. This suits people who need to be heard and to develop self-trust. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and replaces them with practical experiments and coping steps. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and stress management.

Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences and what has helped in the past. Together they will try approaches and adjust the plan so the therapy feels useful and relevant to the person's life.

Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls give face-to-face contact when that matters, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier on the day, while live chat or text-based messaging lets someone check in between appointments or use therapy without being on camera. These options help people access care from different places and at times that suit them.