Christine Burcham, BACP

Christine Burcham is a BACP counsellor who uses an integrative, humanist approach to meet each person's needs. She draws on a mix of practical techniques and listening-based practice to help people manage stress, anxiety, low confidence and relationship concerns.

She frames therapy as a calm space to stop pretending and to talk through what is hard. Christine emphasises that people know themselves best and that therapy is a collaborative process to find manageable steps forward. Sessions aim to help people feel calmer, stronger and more able to cope with life’s demands.

Christine has five years of counselling experience combined with many years working in social care and the NHS. That background means she has supported people with depression, trauma, grief and a range of emotional difficulties. She also works with issues such as addiction, ADHD, bipolar, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue.

Her practice includes a range of approaches, including acceptance and commitment work, attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and emotionally focused conversations. She adapts methods to the person rather than using a single fixed model.

People often come for help with major life changes, caregiver stress, ageing and geriatric issues, or to talk through difficult relationship patterns. Christine aims to help each person build practical coping skills and clearer understanding, so daily life becomes easier to manage.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts while committing to actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds affect current reactions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks problems down into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and builds small practical steps to reduce distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Christine treats approach selection as a collaboration, discussing what feels most helpful and adjusting methods as goals evolve. This means clients and therapist decide together how to blend techniques for the clearest, most useful plan.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use sessions during a lunch break or from a quieter location, and makes continuing therapy possible during life transitions such as caring responsibilities or illness.