Christine Burcham

Christine Burcham is a BACP counsellor who uses an integrative humanist approach to tailor therapy to each person. She keeps sessions straightforward and practical, helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, low confidence or relationship difficulties. Christine writes plainly and listens to what matters to the individual so they can work out useful steps forward.

Christine believes people are the experts on their own lives, and she offers a calm space to talk without having to pretend. She aims to help clients make sense of troubling thoughts and feelings and to discover ways to feel calmer and more able to cope. Conversations may focus on immediate strategies as well as longer term patterns that keep problems repeating.

Her background includes work across social care and the NHS, bringing experience supporting people with mental health and emotional difficulties. That experience includes work with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, low self esteem and life transitions. She draws on a range of approaches so sessions can fit what each person needs.

Christine lists a broad set of concerns she can address, from stress and addiction through to intimacy-related issues and neurodiversity. She also notes extra focus areas such as attachment difficulties, caregiver stress, chronic illness, domestic violence and recovery after separation.

Practical goals and clearer thinking tend to be central in her work. She will collaborate with clients to identify what matters most and to try out steps that help people feel steadier in everyday life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Christine commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in ways that fit online work. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and then choose actions that reflect their values, which can support someone learning to tolerate tough feelings while making changes. CBT focuses on practical techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, which often works well when practising new skills between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest ways of working that suit you. This collaborative planning helps match methods to the problem and to how you prefer to work, whether you want shorter skill-based sessions or deeper reflective conversations.

Details of session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a busy day, or making it simpler to attend when juggling work or caring responsibilities. Registered or accredited professionals generally adapt tools and homework to suit remote work, helping keep progress moving between appointments.