About Colette
Colette Safhill is a person-centred counsellor with two decades of practice. She works in a calm, non-judgemental way and meets each person where they are. Colette's approach is based on listening closely and helping people find their own solutions.
She uses person-centred principles alongside practical techniques from cognitive behavioural and dialectical approaches. Colette also draws on eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, and relationship work, when that fits a person's needs.
Background and approach
This mix lets her adapt to problems such as anxiety, depression, stress and grief. Colette has supported people with a wide range of concerns, including addictions, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping difficulties, intimacy-related issues and self-esteem challenges. She also works with career changes, parenting stresses and coping with life transitions.
Her practice includes work related to adoption and foster care, attachment questions, and care for those facing long-term illness or bereavement. She trained at the University of Essex and holds BACP accreditation, which is noted here as supplied. Colette offers sessions in English and is based in the United Kingdom.
She is able to work with international clients and provides therapy by phone, online and in person according to her practice notes. People who meet her can expect straightforward conversation, practical strategies and gentle exploration of past hurts. The emphasis is on collaboration - deciding together what will help and trying routes that fit day-to-day life.
What Colette works with
Everything Colette lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Colette is listed here; the rest shows what else Colette works with.
- 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
Approaches Colette lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on empathetic listening and acceptance, helping people feel heard and able to make their own choices. It is useful for low mood, stress and relationship worries. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Colette treats approach selection as a shared decision and will discuss what fits a person's goals and preferences. She may start with person-centred listening and then introduce CBT or other methods if those seem useful for specific problems.
Her biography states she offers therapy online, by phone and in person, but please confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits. Phone sessions are helpful when less bandwidth or no camera is preferred. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques like CBT and EMDR for remote delivery so people can work on symptoms and skills without changing their daily routine.
Questions people ask about Colette
What issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and grief and addresses relationship and intimacy concerns. Her practice also covers addictions, trauma, eating and sleeping problems and career or life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her core approach is person-centred, offering a non-judgemental listening space. She combines this with cognitive behavioural and dialectical tools when helpful for practical change.
How much experience does she have?
Colette has 20 years of clinical experience and has worked with a wide range of presenting problems over that time.
What credentials and base does she have?
She trained at the University of Essex and is BACP accredited. She practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are used?
Her biography indicates she provides therapy online, by phone and in person; please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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