Mark Bourne, BACP

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space and follows what matters most to the client, which helps with issues like low mood, lack of confidence and family strain.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behaviour that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, shift mood, and manage panic or obsessive thinking.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress. Those short practices can be used between sessions to steady emotions and improve focus.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and try methods that match the client's needs and preferences, adjusting plans as work progresses and new priorities emerge.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on practical change and steady progress.