Christine Howell, BACP

Christine Howell is an integrative counsellor based in the United Kingdom with ten years of experience. She works from the viewpoint that each person knows themselves best, and she uses her skills to help people move forward from difficult times. Her style is warm and interactive, and she aims to build a steady rapport so clients can feel heard and understood.

Over the past decade she has supported people with issues such as anxiety, depression, identity questions, family conflict, relationship strain, low self-esteem and grief. In the last five years much of her focus has been on sexual abuse and on the needs of non-abusing parents of children who have been sexually abused. She also has experience with primary, secondary and complex trauma, both recent and historic.

Sessions are described as holding and compassionate, with an emphasis on sensitivity and presence. Christine seeks to help people identify meaningful goals, gain insight and push through barriers that keep them stuck. She avoids judgement and works at the client’s pace.

Her integrative practice is person-centred while drawing on cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic ideas, plus elements of existential and narrative ways of working. Treatment is adapted to each person’s needs rather than following a single formula.

People who come to her can expect practical conversation about current problems alongside reflective work about past experience. The overall aim is to help people feel more empowered and able to take constructive steps in their lives.

How Christine’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person’s experience and offering empathic listening so people feel accepted and heard; it is helpful for self-esteem, relationship worries and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, low mood and stress. Existential Therapy helps people reflect on meaning, choice and values when facing big life questions or change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Christine will work collaboratively to choose methods that suit the person’s goals, needs and preferences. She may combine elements from the approaches above so sessions match what is most useful in the moment.

Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes regular work on coping skills and homework easier to maintain alongside everyday life.