Colette Safhill, BACP
Colette Safhill is a person-centred counsellor with 20 years of experience.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
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About Colette
Colette Safhill is a person-centred counsellor with 20 years of experience. She uses a calm, non-judgemental approach to help people talk through difficult feelings and life changes. Colette holds BACP accreditation and works with people from many backgrounds across the United Kingdom.
Colette listens to what each person brings and focuses on what matters to them in the moment. She draws on person-centred practice alongside cognitive and behavioural ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes.
Background and approach
She also uses techniques drawn from trauma-focused work when past events keep affecting day-to-day life. Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety and depression, as well as grief, addiction and relationship difficulties. She also helps with body image, eating and sleeping problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness and other ongoing challenges.
Colette offers support with intimacy-related worries and self-esteem as well as parenting and communication issues. Her practice includes work with attachment and abandonment themes, adoption and foster care histories, and separation or divorce. She is experienced in approaches used for trauma and abuse, and in work that touches on BDSM, kink and alternative sex culture.
Colette accepts international clients and runs sessions in English. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Fees vary with location and use a cancellable subscription model.
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that suits you.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 391617 | April 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Colette works with
Everything Colette lists, 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
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.
Online support
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Colette will discuss your goals, preferences and what you want to change, and then suggest ways of working that suit you. She adapts the mix of listening, practical exercises and trauma work as progress unfolds so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit short check-ins or people who find typing easier. These options give flexibility for scheduling, reduce travel time and help people keep continuity of care even when life is unsettled.
Frequently asked
What problems does she commonly help with?
Colette works with stress, anxiety and depression alongside addictions, grief and trauma. She also supports people facing relationship, eating, sleeping and caregiver difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centred and non-judgemental, with practical use of cognitive-behavioural ideas and trauma-focused techniques when helpful. She aims to listen first and then try small, manageable changes together.
What is her background and experience?
Colette has 20 years of clinical experience and has completed post-qualifying work in relationship and trauma-related areas. She has worked with adoption, eating disorders and domestic abuse themes.
Where does she practise and what are her credentials?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds accreditation with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Colette offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions charged?
Fees vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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