Christine Howell, BACP

Christine Howell is a London-based integrative counsellor with ten years of experience supporting people through difficult life chapters. She draws on a person-centered foundation, blending cognitive-behavioural, humanistic, psychodynamic, transactional analysis, trauma-informed and solution-focused ideas to create therapy that is tailored to each individual. As a holder of the BACP credential, she is affiliated with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, reflecting a commitment to professional standards and ongoing development.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, identity struggles, family and relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and grief. Over the past five years she has focused substantially on sexual abuse work, offering specialist support to survivors and to non-abusing parents of children who have been sexually abused, and she has experience with primary, secondary and complex trauma whether recent or historic.

Christine approaches therapy with warmth, presence and sensitivity, believing that clients are the experts on their own lives. She aims to build a consistent therapeutic relationship that offers space for insight, practical coping and movement toward meaningful goals. Her style is holding and interactive, and she recognises that therapy can be challenging - she works collaboratively to help clients progress at a pace that feels right for them.

Treatment is personalised to meet specific needs, and sessions are designed to help people manage intense emotions, rebuild confidence, navigate relationship and parenting stresses, and find ways forward after painful experiences.

Approaches That Guide Online Therapy

Christine uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where the client’s experience guides the work - this approach emphasizes empathy, respect and collaboration to help people explore their feelings and priorities and is helpful for relationship, identity and self-esteem concerns.

She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical tools to manage anxiety, low mood and unhelpful patterns. CBT helps clients develop skills for coping and problem solving in everyday life.

Mindfulness-based ideas are included to help people increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity to stress, which can support emotional regulation and resilience.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Christine will work collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy provides flexible ways to connect - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging - making it easier to schedule appointments around work, family and other commitments. These options can increase accessibility and help maintain continuity of care with licensed professionals and therapists regardless of location within the country.