Christine Burcham, BACP

Christine Burcham is a BACP counsellor who uses an integrative humanist approach. She combines different therapy methods to match what each person needs. Christine aims to make sessions straightforward and practical for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low confidence or relationship strain.

She believes people know themselves best but sometimes want help working things through. In sessions she listens, asks simple questions and helps clients name their feelings. The focus is on finding small changes that reduce anxiety and build steadiness over time.

Christine draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based methods. She uses these to help with grief, trauma and mood concerns, as well as challenges like addiction, eating and sleeping problems, and parenting strains. The work often centres on identifying unhelpful patterns and testing different ways of responding.

Her background includes five years of counselling practice and many more years working in social care and the NHS supporting people with mental health and emotional difficulties. That experience informs a down-to-earth style that values clarity and practical steps.

Christine works with adults across a wide range of issues including bipolar, depression, ADHD and compassion fatigue. She aims to help people feel calmer, stronger and more able to cope with change and everyday pressures.

How Christine’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions that match your values. It can help with anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes by teaching simple mindfulness and value-based actions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going, and then testing small behaviour changes and new ways of thinking to reduce symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns affect current relationships and helps people try new ways of relating and expressing needs.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods feel most helpful. This makes sessions collaborative and tailored to what the client wants to change or understand.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around work or family life and avoiding travel time. Online meetings can make it easier to have shorter check-ins when needed or to schedule appointments at times that suit a busy day. Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available for scheduling.