Charlotte Houghton, BACP

Charlotte Houghton is a counsellor with four years of practice, working in the United Kingdom and registered with the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). She uses clear, direct language in sessions and brings warmth, humour and personal insight to the work. She aims to be open and non-judgemental while helping people find their own way forward.

Her approach combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with client-centred counselling. Sessions are conversational and practical. She often uses vivid images or metaphors to help people notice unhelpful patterns, for example comparing harsh self-talk to an imagined boxer in the mind.

Charlotte has experience supporting people through sudden bereavement and suicide loss, offering straightforward compassion and careful questioning to help process difficult feelings. She also works with parents and with those navigating long-term health diagnoses such as multiple sclerosis, drawing on both professional and lived experience.

She is familiar with neurodiversity and has supported people with autism and ADHD, and has worked with people from many cultural and religious backgrounds. Charlotte values treating each person as unique and prefers to explore how past experiences connect to present reactions so clients can make chosen changes.

If someone prefers written resources, she sometimes provides worksheets and email follow-ups outside sessions. Prospective clients are invited to use the Start Therapy process on the site to begin the matching and scheduling steps.

How these approaches shape online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and identify values they want to move towards. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with major life changes. Client-centred therapy focuses on creating a warm, non-judgemental space where the person leads the conversation and is supported to find their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals and preferences and together decide which methods feel most helpful. That collaborative process means approaches can be adapted as understanding grows.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel or allowing evening appointments. Because session formats are not specified here, check the booking details to confirm how this counsellor runs sessions. Registered or accredited professionals offering online work aim to keep sessions focused and practical, using tools such as brief exercises, worksheets and conversational techniques to support progress. This can help make therapy fit around family, work and other commitments without promising any particular service format.