About Christopher
Christopher Ingram is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression and related struggles. He offers straightforward, calm support for issues such as ADHD, grief, intimacy concerns and career stress. Christopher uses clear, practical conversations to help people make sense of painful experiences and find ways forward.
He draws on several approaches to shape sessions around what each person needs. That can mean talking through unhelpful thinking patterns, practising grounding and emotion skills, or exploring early attachment experiences that affect current relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to suit the individual. Christopher holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. He has three years of experience working with people on issues including self-esteem, sleep and eating concerns, and coping with life changes.
He also works with people affected by abandonment, adoption and foster care, autism and attachment issues. In a session he focuses on building trust and helping people learn practical tools they can use between meetings. Christopher blends acceptance-based ideas with cognitive and emotion-focused techniques, aiming for short, simple steps that make daily life easier.
People choosing to work with him can expect a down-to-earth style. He aims to make sessions feel like a steady conversation rather than a lecture. The goal is to help people feel more able to manage symptoms and make decisions that fit their values.
How Christopher's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, avoidance and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. That is often used for anxiety, depression and phobias.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christopher will talk with each person about their goals and preferences. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and flexible.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving or busy schedules while still getting consistent support from a registered professional.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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