Geraldine Davenport, BACP
Geraldine Davenport is a counsellor with over 20 years' experience working in the United Kingdom.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and Abuse
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About Geraldine
Geraldine Davenport is a counsellor with over 20 years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress, build confidence, and navigate relationship and family difficulties. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, and long-term struggles such as low self-esteem and emptiness.
Geraldine takes a practical, supportive approach in sessions. She listens closely and helps clients spot patterns that keep causing pain. Together they look at small, achievable steps to reduce distress and improve day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses difficult relationship histories and the effects of past hurt. She talks clients through how attachment and early experiences can shape current behaviour, and helps them make different choices in relationships now. This approach can be useful for people facing intimacy issues, commitment concerns, or repeating relationship patterns.
Sessions also cover practical life areas like work stress, career decisions, parenting strain, and communication problems. Geraldine pays attention to how everyday pressures add up and helps people find clearer ways to manage them. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that suits the client.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 120100 | March 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 Geraldine works with
Everything Geraldine lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Geraldine lists
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
Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns that come from earlier relationships and experiences. Through discussion, clients can begin to see how past events influence current feelings and choices. This can help with long-standing issues such as attachment difficulties, repeated relationship problems and unresolved grief.
Choosing the best approach is part of the work. Geraldine will discuss options with each client and decide together what feels most helpful. That collaborative process means plans can change as needs and goals become clearer.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are close to face-to-face and work well for deeper conversations, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, journalling between sessions or people who find writing easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare or other commitments and let clients keep momentum between sessions.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Geraldine help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties, along with trauma, grief and issues around self-esteem and intimacy.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Geraldine combines a client-centred stance with psychodynamic ideas, offering practical support while exploring patterns that affect relationships and self-image.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years' experience working in the United Kingdom with a wide range of personal and relational issues.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What formats are sessions offered in?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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