About Chris
Chris Allen is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of clinical practice and a year running his own business. He uses a person-centred approach and focuses on helping people talk through issues such as depression, anxiety, relationships and grief. He has a particular interest in encouraging men to express feelings instead of bottling them up.
Chris keeps sessions relaxed, warm and supportive. He treats each person as an individual and listens to their experience without judgement.
How Chris works
He uses empathy, genuineness and positive regard to help people reach their own conclusions about next steps. In sessions he helps people work through painful past events, relationship breakups and job losses. The aim is to reduce what holds someone back and help them move toward a future they choose.
Conversations are led by the person seeking help, with the counsellor offering companionship and guidance. Chris commonly works with stress, coping with life changes, intimacy-related difficulties and self-esteem concerns. He also addresses trauma and abuse, addictions, eating issues and bereavement.
Additional focuses include communication problems, codependency, abandonment and fatherhood issues. People who prefer a gentle, non-directive style may find his approach useful. Sessions are intended to give space to speak and think aloud, while building understanding and small practical steps to feel and function better.
Chris lists one way of working on the entry:
What Chris works with
The areas below are the ones Chris selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| 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 client-centred ways of working suit online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and offering acceptance so people can find their own answers. It is useful for worries like low mood, relationship difficulties, stress and self-esteem concerns because it gives space to explore feelings at the person’s pace.Finding the right way of working is part of the process, and the therapist will explore options with each person. They will discuss what feels comfortable and practical, and agree a way forward together so therapy matches the client's needs and goals.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. Video calls are close to face-to-face conversation and work well for more in-depth sessions. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit around work or travel. Live chat or text-based messaging suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing over talking. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around daily life and to keep continuity between meetings.
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