Counsellor profile
Colette Safhill, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and codependency
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 391617
- Experience
- 20 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Person-centred approach
- EMDR experience
- Relationship work
About Colette
Colette Safhill is a BACP accredited counsellor with 20 years' experience. She trained as a person-centred psychotherapist at the University of Essex. Colette works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain and addiction-related concerns, and she lists codependency among her focus areas.
Colette prefers a person-centred way of working. She responds to what a client brings and helps them make sense of their feelings and choices. Sessions are grounded in straightforward conversation rather than clinical jargon. She also uses structured approaches when helpful, such as cognitive and behavioural techniques.
Her background includes further post-qualifying training in relationship work, trauma, adoption and foster care, eating disorders, domestic abuse and EMDR. That range means she can draw on several methods depending on the issue. Clients who are coping with grief, intimacy problems, body image or caregiver stress are within her stated interests.
Colette offers work that looks at how patterns develop - for example people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or staying in relationships that feel draining. She describes the therapeutic task as noticing those patterns and practising different responses. Practical skills such as boundary setting and emotional regulation are part of that work when they suit the person's goals.
Sessions can be on the phone, online or in person according to her biography. She works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. International clients are also accepted.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches are used online
Colette draws on person-centred practice and structured approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Person-centred work focuses on listening and helping a client make sense of their own experience, which can be delivered through conversation and reflection. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviours and gives practical exercises to try between sessions, useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that uses guided processing to address distressing memories and related symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Colette will discuss options with a client and agree what to try first, adapting methods as goals and preferences become clearer. The process is collaborative and changes if something does not help.
The biography notes she is qualified to work online and by phone as well as in person. Confirm the current session formats when arranging a booking. Online and phone sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can offer the same types of therapeutic tasks online that they use in person, such as guided exercises, skills practice and conversational reflection.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
Colette lists stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family issues, codependency and related concerns such as grief, intimacy and body image.
What is her therapeutic style?
She works in a person-centred way that follows what the client brings. She can also use CBT, DBT skills and EMDR when these techniques fit the work.
How many years has she practised?
Colette has 20 years of clinical experience since training as a person-centred psychotherapist at the University of Essex.
What are her credentials and where does she work?
She is BACP accredited and based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, international clients are accepted according to the biography.
What session formats does she offer?
The biography states she is qualified to work online, on the phone and in person. Confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and getting started organised?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
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.