Counsellor profile
Christine Burcham, BACP
Counsellor - stress and relationships
See online counselling options- ACT
- CBT
- Attachment work
About Christine
Counsellor and BACP member, Christine Burcham has five years' experience in private counselling work and a long background in social care and health settings. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, addictions and a wide range of life changes. Christine offers help in English from the United Kingdom.
Christine uses an integrative humanist approach. She draws on several methods to suit what each person brings. Sessions focus on talking things through, noticing patterns, and finding small changes that make everyday life easier.
She aims to make sessions straightforward and practical. People often come with worry, low mood, sleep or eating difficulties, challenges around intimacy and parenting, or the effects of trauma. Christine also supports people facing chronic illness, carer stress, bereavement and identity questions, including LGBT issues and neurodiversity concerns such as autism and Asperger syndrome.
Her background includes 25 years working in social care and the NHS supporting people with mental health and emotional difficulties. That experience is combined with five years of counselling practice in the UK. Christine uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-based work, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and client-centred methods.
In sessions she listens for what matters to the individual and helps them identify practical next steps. The aim is to make overwhelming problems feel more manageable and to support clearer decision making about relationships, work and everyday coping.
Before a first session people are invited to complete a short matching questionnaire and then book a first appointment using the online counselling options button.
How Christine’s therapeutic approaches work for online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It supports living in line with what matters to you and can be helpful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and is often used for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current expectations and reactions. It can help with relationship difficulties, intimacy issues and attachment concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine will discuss different methods and agree together what to try first. The decision is based on your needs, goals and what feels most useful to you, not on a fixed programme.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online counselling can help fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing appointments around work or childcare, or enabling shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals often offer these practical benefits, and Christine will work with you to find a way of meeting that fits your routine.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What problems does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma and grief. The profile also lists concerns such as sleep and eating problems, addiction and parenting strain.
What style of therapy does she use?
She practises an integrative humanist approach and draws on methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, attachment-based work and client-centred methods.
What experience does she have?
Christine has five years of counselling experience and around 25 years working in social care and NHS settings supporting people with mental health and emotional difficulties.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, given as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the booking process.
How do I begin a first appointment?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.