About Chris
Chris Callahan-Brown helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood and self-esteem. He supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy worries, grief and loss, and people managing addictions or major life changes. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has three years of professional experience.
He aims to make sessions feel straightforward and calm. Conversations focus on what matters to the client right now.
How Chris works
He works to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgement. His approach mixes practical thinking with a person-focused attitude. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and build different habits.
Client-Centred work prioritises the client’s perspective and choices. Solution-Focused techniques steer sessions toward clear, achievable steps. Chris has supported people facing a wide range of concerns, from parenting strain and career stress to body image and chronic illness.
He also pays attention to attachment, abandonment and communication issues when they come up. He will adapt conversations to what each person needs in the moment. Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
The tone is practical and collaborative, aimed at helping people take manageable steps forward. If someone feels stuck or overwhelmed, he helps them break things down into small, useful changes.
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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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's 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
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult 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 therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person and their priorities. In practice this means the therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead. This approach helps when someone needs space to make sense of feelings and decide on next steps.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses straightforward exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood and building everyday coping skills.
Solution-Focused Therapy aims for small, practical changes and clear goals. Sessions concentrate on what is already working and how to build on that. It is often helpful when someone wants quicker, goal-oriented progress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and agree a plan based on the client’s needs, goals and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions using video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is good for face-to-face discussion, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and text options suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These formats offer flexibility and make it simpler to keep regular sessions.
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