Collette Duffin, NCPS

Collette Duffin helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or big life changes. She is named Collette Duffin and holds NCPS, a credential shown in her profile. She aims to create a calm space where clients can talk through what is hardest for them and learn practical skills to feel steadier.

Collette uses straightforward, evidence-informed methods to help people manage emotions and rebuild confidence. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and practical next steps. Emotion-focused work and elements of dialectical practice are used where relationships and strong emotions are central concerns.

Her background blends therapy and personal development. Over six years she has worked with people affected by trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and family-of-origin problems. She also supports those dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, blended family difficulties, caregiver stress and cancer-related concerns.

Sessions can include skill teaching, reflective conversation and short coaching-style goals when useful. Collette emphasises simple tools that people can use between meetings to cope better and move toward their goals.

Collette provides services from the United Kingdom and works in English. She offers video calls, phone appointments, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How Collette's approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small, concrete steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and practises alternative ways of thinking and behaving to reduce distress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on the emotional patterns that drive relationship and intimacy issues and helps people notice and change those patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Collette will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods to suit each person's needs. This collaborative process means techniques are chosen together, and plans can change as progress and priorities evolve.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to match different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, chat can suit shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep continuity when travel or work schedules change.