Colette Safhill, BACP
Colette Safhill is a person-centred counsellor with 20 years' experience.
About Colette
Colette Safhill is a person-centred counsellor with 20 years' experience. She works in a warm, non-judgemental way and focuses on what each person brings to the room. Colette uses practical talking therapy to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression and life changes.
Her approach is grounded in client-centred work, which means she listens closely and follows the pace a person needs. She also draws on trauma-focused methods and cognitive behavioural techniques when patterns or painful memories need direct attention.
Background and approach
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is one of the tools she has trained in and may offer for trauma-related distress. Colette has worked with a wide range of concerns over two decades. These include addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, eating and sleeping problems, low self-esteem, anger and parenting strain.
She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues, chronic illness, bereavement and caregiving stress. Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which allows people to choose what fits their life. She is based in the United Kingdom and registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Colette aims to help people make small, steady changes. She works collaboratively to set goals and to try practical steps between sessions. People who want to begin can expect a straightforward first meeting to clarify needs and next steps.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 391617 | April 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Colette lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Ways of working Colette names
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How therapy approaches work online
Colette combines client-centred work with trauma-focused methods and cognitive behavioural therapy to meet different needs. Client-centred counselling means the therapist listens closely and follows the person's lead, helping them feel heard and understood. Trauma-focused therapy looks at how past events affect the present and can include methods such as EMDR to help process distressing memories. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviour patterns to reduce anxiety and low mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Colette will discuss options and decide together with the person which methods suit their goals and preferences. That collaboration helps shape session focus and practical steps between meetings.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful for people with limited bandwidth or who prefer not to use a camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection or when someone needs to fit therapy around a busy day. These formats make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and to maintain regular contact with a therapist.
Frequently asked
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma-related issues, plus relationship and intimacy concerns and addictions.
How does she approach therapy?
Her base is client-centred counselling, which means she listens and follows each person's pace, adding techniques like CBT or trauma-focused work when helpful.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of experience as a person-centred psychotherapist and has completed post-qualifying training in several therapy types including relationship work and EMDR.
Where is she located and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session according to the therapist's availability.
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