Christine Gooddy, BACP

Christine Gooddy uses a client-centred approach as the starting point for her work. She places the person in front of her at the heart of each session and adapts how she works to meet individual needs. Christine has 13 years of experience supporting adults affected by trauma and emotional distress. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

She often combines person-centred principles with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and trauma-focused methods. That means she listens first, then helps people spot thought patterns and unhelpful habits. She also draws on approaches designed to address the aftereffects of abuse and overwhelming life events.

Christine has worked extensively with adult survivors of historic abuse while also offering one-to-one support for a wide range of concerns. She regularly helps with depression, grief, anger, self-esteem and the impact of prejudice and discrimination. She also supports people facing career changes, midlife questions and postpartum depression.

Sessions tend to be calm and practical. Christine aims to help people learn coping skills, challenge inner critics, and find daily strategies that feel manageable. She emphasises the importance of a mutual connection in therapy and tailors techniques to what actually helps each person.

Her experience includes attention to caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, hoarding, self-harm, sexual assault and recovery from post-traumatic stress. Christine works in English and sees people in the United Kingdom. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How Christine adapts therapeutic approaches for online work

Christine blends client-centred work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and trauma-focused methods when working online. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and building a trusting relationship so the person feels heard and understood; it helps with depression, low self-esteem and the aftermath of difficult experiences. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and supports people to try new responses to long-standing patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression and social phobia. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on the effects of past traumatic events and offers strategies to reduce distressing symptoms and improve daily coping.

Choosing the right approach happens together. Christine will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then adapt methods over time. That collaborative process means techniques are changed if something isn’t working and combined when helpful.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep visual contact, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help make therapy more accessible around work, family and travel commitments.