About Charlotte
Charlotte Houghton trained in counselling and has four years' experience supporting adults through difficult periods. She uses clear, direct language and brings a warm, unpretentious manner to sessions. Her approach is down-to-earth and often includes humour or simple metaphors to make difficult feelings easier to talk about.
Charlotte blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with a client-centred style. She is open and non-judgemental and aims to help people notice the patterns that keep causing pain.
How Charlotte works
She will not tell clients what to do, but will help them make choices that feel right for their lives. Her background includes work with people bereaved by sudden death and suicide, which shaped a practice that is kind, accepting and willing to ask direct questions.
That experience supports people who are facing raw grief and intense emotions in the weeks after a loss. Charlotte is interested in links between adult reactions and childhood experiences, and she often helps clients spot those connections. She also has personal experience of family life with autism and attention differences, and a special interest in parenting and the transition to parenthood.
She has supported people from many cultural and religious backgrounds and those for whom English is not a first language. Sessions can include worksheets and email follow-up when helpful, and she offers some evening and daytime appointment options to fit busy lives.
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What Charlotte works with
The areas below are the ones Charlotte selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them. It focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, meaningful steps towards them, which can help with anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Client-Centred Therapy centres on listening and understanding the person's experience without judgement, giving space for people to find their own solutions and build self-trust.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Charlotte will talk with clients about their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then shape sessions so the methods match those needs. That collaborative process means the approach can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual interaction, while phone sessions can be quicker check-ins and work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer written communication or need short, frequent contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and other commitments, while keeping the same therapeutic focus regardless of format.
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