Gordon Birnie, NCPS

Client-Centred Therapy centres the person speaking and aims to create a respectful, listening environment. This approach helps when someone needs time to understand their feelings about relationships, sexuality or identity. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying small, achievable changes and building on what already works, which suits practical problems like managing stress or improving communication. Imago Relationship Therapy looks at interaction patterns and helps people notice how old wounds affect current partnerships and intimacy.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. That collaborative process means approaches can shift as needs change.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions are useful when someone needs lower bandwidth or a quieter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, ongoing support between sessions, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy or changing lives.