Counsellor profile
Christina Murphy, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - Relationships and codependency
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 389617
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment focus
- Client-centred listening
- CBT techniques
About Christina
Christina Murphy is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years' experience. She works with people who are under stress, facing anxiety or relationship strain, and those coping with grief, trauma or changes in life.
Christina builds a relationship based on trust, acceptance and non-judgement. She uses that base to help people notice and question old beliefs and rules that no longer serve them. Conversations focus on practical steps as well as noticing patterns that keep someone stuck.
She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns affect present responses. Client-centred listening gives room to speak without interruption, and cognitive behavioural techniques are used when helpful to work on thoughts and behaviours. Sessions mix gentle exploration with concrete strategies for coping and change.
Christina often works with people who struggle with codependency, people-pleasing, control issues and attachment wounds. She also supports those dealing with abandonment, domestic violence impacts, caregiver stress, anger, low self-esteem and issues around intimacy.
Her approach treats change as something possible in a short time as well as over longer work. She encourages noticing small shifts, testing new ways of relating, and building skills that make day-to-day life less overwhelming.
To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule an initial session. That first meeting is used to agree goals and plan the next steps together.
How sessions work
How Christina’s approaches translate to online sessions
Christina uses attachment-based ideas and client-centred listening alongside cognitive behavioural tools. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and can help with trust, boundaries and intimacy concerns. Client-centred counselling focuses on attentive, non-judgemental listening so a person can name feelings and make sense of them. Cognitive behavioural techniques target unhelpful thoughts and small behavioural changes that reduce anxiety and improve sleep and mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Christina will discuss what feels most relevant for a person's goals and preferences and then try methods together. That shared decision-making helps match practical techniques to deeper relational patterns.
Session formats should be confirmed before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online work can help fit therapeutic time into a busy week, allow check-ins from different locations and make it easier to try short focused sessions when needed. Many people find it useful for testing new ways of communicating and practising boundaries between appointments.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and grief, low self-esteem, intimacy concerns and related issues such as codependency and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a relationship-based approach rooted in acceptance and non-judgement, combining attachment ideas, client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques.
How long has she practised counselling?
She has three years of experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I speak another language?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and paid for?
Session cost varies with location and is billed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin work with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session to agree goals and next steps.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.