Natalie Hall, BACP

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting locked into them, and to act in ways that reflect their values. It can be useful for depression, anxiety and coping with life changes.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing it with real-life experiments. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and managing stress.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people build healthier ways of relating to themselves and others. This can help with relationship difficulties, intimacy issues and attachment concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, preferences and past experiences and then select or combine approaches that feel most helpful. This is a collaborative process aimed at finding practical ways forward.

Online therapy here is offered by registered or accredited professionals using several formats. Video calls are close to in-person sessions and suit deeper work. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins and flexible conversation across the week. These options make it easier to fit therapy around life and to keep momentum between sessions.