Eleanor Dillon, NCPS

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience first. The counsellor listens deeply and follows what matters most to the individual, helping them feel heard and understood. This approach is useful for building trust and exploring what people want to change.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments. It is practical and often used for stress, anxiety and low mood to create clearer thinking and new coping habits.

Psychodynamic ideas look at patterns that repeat in relationships and feelings over time. This can help people make sense of longstanding worries and reactions that feel hard to change on their own.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Eleanor will discuss goals and preferences and together with the person decide which methods to use. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what feels most helpful and realistic.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or suit those who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection and support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy going alongside busy lives.