About Charlie
Charlie Bassett is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and phobias. He works with clients on parenting challenges, relationship strains, anger and addictions. He also supports those coping with grief, trauma, bipolar difficulties and the everyday shocks of life.
Charlie uses a straightforward, practical style. Sessions start with listening and acceptance, then move to skills you can use day to day. He emphasises small, achievable steps rather than big promises.
Background and approach
Many people come away with clearer thinking and more confidence to try new ways of coping. His work combines person-centred listening with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approaches. These methods help pin down unhelpful thoughts, rehearse new responses and reconnect with values that matter.
He also draws on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Jungian ideas when they suit a person’s needs. Charlie has twenty-five years of experience. That time includes work in court-referred programmes, domestic violence interventions, hospital adolescent units and adult outpatient care.
He has supported people with behavioural and emotional difficulties in different settings and contexts. Now working in the United Kingdom, Charlie is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists - BACP. He offers sessions using a mix of video, phone, chat and messaging so people can find what fits their life.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and reconnect with what matters. It uses simple exercises and values-based goals that work well over video or message-based sessions.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and unconditional acceptance. This creates a steady space online where someone can talk through painful issues and feel heard without pressure.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy identifies thinking patterns that fuel anxiety or phobias and teaches practical tasks to change them. Short homework tasks and behavioural experiments adapt easily to phone or text check-ins.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process can be continued remotely and adjusted as you progress.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical options. Video calls are useful for face-to-face discussion and skill practice. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setup is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or ongoing support between full sessions. These formats help people fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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