Christine Burcham, BACP - Therapist in United Kingdom

Integrative approach
Values-focused work
Practical steps

About Christine

Christine Burcham is a BACP counsellor who blends different therapeutic styles to meet each person’s needs. She offers a warm, down-to-earth space where people can talk honestly about anxiety, stress, relationships and difficult life events.

Christine believes people know a lot about what will help them, and she works alongside them to figure things out. Sessions focus on understanding thoughts and feelings, noticing what matters most, and finding practical steps to feel steadier. This includes support for grief, trauma, self-esteem and changes after loss or disruption.

Her background includes five years working directly in counselling alongside a long history in social care and the NHS. That experience shaped her practical approach to common struggles such as depression, coping with life changes, addiction and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing relationship strains, intimacy concerns and issues related to identity and neurodiversity.

Christine draws on several approaches to suit different needs, using techniques that help people notice patterns, build clearer values, and try small changes between sessions. She encourages short, realistic goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Clients can expect a calm, non-judgemental style and straightforward conversation about what might help next.

If someone is dealing with the aftermath of a disaster or disruptive event, Christine can help them process the experience and explore coping strategies. To begin, people are asked to use the site Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How Christine’s approaches fit with online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and get clearer about their values, so they can take small steps that matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought and behaviour patterns and trying practical experiments to change how someone feels. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people understand and shift those patterns in present relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, previous experiences and what feels helpful. Together they will try methods that suit the person’s needs and adjust them over time if something does not fit.

If you are considering online work, check the current session options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it possible to continue talking when day-to-day life is disrupted after a disaster or other major change. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, values work and behavioural practice to an online setting so progress can continue between meetings.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuse Grief Self esteem

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepression Coping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stress Chronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disaster DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shame Immigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces Issues Money and financial issues Mood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Motivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Credentials

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma, plus relationship and intimacy-related concerns and many life changes.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses an integrative, person-centred style and draws on specific methods to match each person’s needs and goals.

What experience does she bring?

She has five years of counselling experience and many additional years working in social care and the NHS supporting mental health and emotional difficulties.

Which credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is located in the United Kingdom.

Can people meet her in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule a session according to the therapist’s availability.