- Person-centred approach
- CBT and DBT tools
- EMDR experience
About Colette
Colette Safhill is a BACP counsellor with 20 years' experience. She trained as a person-centred psychotherapist at the University of Essex and works with a wide range of concerns including anger, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationships and depression.
She uses a person-centred style that aims to respect what each client brings to sessions. Colette also draws on practical methods such as cognitive behavioural ideas and dialectical behaviour strategies when they help with goals such as managing temper, reducing reactivity or coping with life change.
Her background includes additional post-qualifying training in relationship work, trauma, adoption issues, eating disorders and EMDR. This mix means she can offer different ways of working depending on whether someone wants to focus on thinking patterns, emotional regulation or past events that keep causing distress.
Colette works with concerns around intimacy, self-esteem, grief, parenting strain, chronic illness and communication problems. She also supports people dealing with attachment, abandonment, body image and codependency issues. Sessions are described as non-judgemental and practical in focus.
She offers online, phone and in-person options and is able to work with clients in the United Kingdom and internationally. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Colette uses a person-centred model that focuses on what a client brings to sessions and on building a collaborative working relationship. This approach helps people who want a straightforward, listening-led process to understand and reduce anger and related stresses.She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and can help with managing temper and changing unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behaviour therapy offers practical skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance, useful when frustration or resentment builds quickly.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Colette discusses options with each client and agrees a way to proceed based on the person's needs, goals and preferences. That means trying out different methods and adjusting plans together if something does not help.
The biography indicates she is qualified to work online and by phone as well as in person, but readers should confirm current session formats before booking. Online or phone sessions can make it easier to fit appointments around work, reduce travel time, manage short check-ins or avoid being on camera when that is not wanted.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she address?
She works with anger, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationships, depression and related issues listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style?
She practises a person-centred approach and uses practical techniques from CBT and DBT where helpful.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience as a person-centred psychotherapist.
What credentials and location apply?
She is BACP accredited and based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international work are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography states she is qualified to work online, on the phone and in person; confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.