Christopher Sarfo, BACP

Christopher Sarfo is a counsellor who uses a person-centred, attachment-aware way of working to help people manage stress, anxiety and other life difficulties. He holds BACP membership and brings seven years of practice to sessions. Christopher focuses on clear, practical steps and listens to what matters most to each person.

He usually begins by creating a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk through what’s troubling them. He draws on client-centred principles to follow the person’s pace, and on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot thinking and behaviour patterns that keep problems going. He also uses emotionally-focused and mindfulness methods to help people understand feelings and stay present during hard moments.

Christopher has experience supporting people with depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and sleep or eating concerns. He also helps with relationship and intimacy-related difficulties, commitment and communication problems, fatherhood issues, and challenges around self-esteem or guilt and shame. He works with issues linked to ADHD and social anxiety as well.

Sessions can include practical exercises, gentle reflection and steps to try between meetings. The aim is to build clearer thinking, calmer responses and better ways to cope with life changes. Christopher tailors his approach to each person’s goals and situation.

He practices from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. International clients are accepted and he can use a mix of video, phone, chat or messaging to meet different needs.

How these therapeutic approaches work online

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can help people name recurring patterns in relationships and try different ways of connecting or responding. Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement and helps people find their own solutions, which can be explored over video or messaging. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers short exercises to change unhelpful cycles; these tasks suit video sessions or messaging where exercises and homework can be shared.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The counsellor will work together with the client to choose methods that match their goals, preferences and daily life. That collaborative view means approaches can change as progress is made or new needs appear.

Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, phone sessions work well for check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter exchanges, and text-based messaging lets people reflect in writing between meetings. These options give flexibility to fit sessions around work, childcare or travel and make it easier to keep continuity of care across distances.