Christina Steele, BACP

Christina Steele is a UK-credentialed therapist who supports people navigating stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and relationship concerns. She brings a collaborative, strengths-based approach that centers each person as the expert of their own story, helping clients identify and build on the capacities they already have to manage life’s challenges. Holding BACP accreditation - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - she blends practical guidance with empathic listening to explore goals around intimacy, parenting, and relational patterns.

Christina works alongside clients to clarify what they want from therapy and to create a plan that feels empowering and achievable. She places emphasis on safety and paced exploration when addressing trauma-related material, while also offering support for day-to-day stress and anxiety symptoms. Taking the first step can require courage, and Christina acknowledges that beginning therapy is a meaningful action; she aims to make the process as respectful and collaborative as possible so people can move toward the changes they want to make.

Whether someone seeks short-term support for acute stress or longer-term work on relational and trauma-related issues, Christina offers a calm, person-centered presence and practical tools to support progress over time.

Somatic and Trauma-Focused Care Delivered Online

Somatic Therapy asks clients to tune into bodily sensations and how emotions appear in the body. It uses grounding, breath awareness, and gentle movement to help people regulate stress responses and reconnect with physical signals after overwhelming experiences. This approach can be helpful for those coping with anxiety, chronic stress, or the lingering physical effects of trauma.

Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing and resolving the impact of traumatic events through structured, paced work that respects each person’s readiness. It supports people in making sense of traumatic memories, reducing their intensity, and reclaiming a sense of safety and control in daily life.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the journey and Christina works collaboratively with each person to identify the best fit based on needs, goals, and personal preferences. Together they explore which methods feel most useful and adapt the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage childcare or work commitments, and access consistent support from licensed professionals without traveling to an office.