Codie Foster, BACP

Codie Foster helps people facing anxiety, low mood, stress and the fallout of trauma. She is warm and approachable and aims to make it easier to talk about hard things. Codie brings three years of counselling experience across mental health, community and private settings. She works to create a respectful, non-judgemental space where people can feel heard and move at their own pace.

In sessions Codie adapts her approach to each person’s needs. She draws on person-centred ways of listening, practical cognitive techniques, and play-based ideas when they suit the issue. This flexible approach is applied to concerns such as grief, panic attacks, body image and social anxiety.

Codie also supports people dealing with relationship strain, separation, guilt, shame and feelings of isolation. She helps clients talk through communication problems and build self-compassion and self-love. Her work can include short-term practical strategies and longer conversations about patterns and past hurts.

Her background includes risk assessment and safeguarding work, and experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams. Codie is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.

Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling appointments to suit their availability.

How evidence-based techniques work online

Codie uses a few practical approaches that translate well to online work. Person-centred counselling focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience so they feel accepted and supported; it helps with low mood, self-worth and processing difficult feelings. Cognitive techniques involve spotting and testing unhelpful thinking patterns and practising small behavioural changes to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms. Play-based ideas can be adapted for adults too, offering creative ways to access feelings and memories that are hard to talk about directly.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences and what has helped before, then suggest ways of working and check in regularly to adjust the plan. Clients and therapist shape the work together so it stays relevant and manageable.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a simpler way to check in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions or people who prefer writing. These options offer flexibility and can help people keep momentum while managing other commitments.