About Andrew
Andrew Higginbottom is a counsellor using a mix of proven approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety and the fallout from difficult relationships. He holds NCPS, which is noted here as his listed credential. He has three years of professional experience working with common life challenges and emotional struggles.
He focuses on problems such as low self-esteem, depression, addictions and grief. He also supports people dealing with intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, career worries and help around sleep or eating concerns.
How Andrew works
His practice includes attention to attachment difficulties and ADHD-related coping strategies. In a session he treats the client as the expert in their own life. He aims to draw out strengths and practical options rather than simply giving advice.
Sessions are intended to be straightforward and collaborative, with space to talk through what matters most to the individual. Andrew combines approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based work to suit different needs. He adapts methods based on the person’s situation and goals, keeping plans concrete and achievable.
This often means setting small, realistic steps between sessions. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to make contact easier for varied schedules. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
To begin, users select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then book according to his availability.
Andrew lists 17 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Andrew works with
The areas below are the ones Andrew selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches fit with online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when emotions are difficult. It is often used for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for low mood, anxiety and sleep or eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early and current relationships shape feelings and expectations, making it useful for intimacy issues, attachment worries and communication problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and the presenting problem and then suggest methods to try. Clients and therapist review progress together and adapt the plan when needed so the approach stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are close to a face-to-face session and suit deeper conversations. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit around work or childcare. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, tracking small goals or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to keep momentum between sessions and to fit therapy into a busy life.
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