About Christiane
Christiane Alfred helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or life changes find steadier ground. She meets individuals who are managing low mood, family difficulties, parenting challenges, or worries about confidence and purpose. Sessions are offered in English and Shona.
Christiane holds BACP and has three years of counselling experience in the United Kingdom. She aims to make the first steps simple and manageable. Conversations focus on what matters most now, using clear questions and gentle reflection.
How Christiane works
People can expect a warm, non-judgemental space to say what’s on their mind and try new ways of coping. Christiane draws on client-centred work that keeps the person’s experience at the centre of therapy. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to spot patterns of thinking that feed anxiety or low mood.
Psychodynamic ideas help unravel recurring relationship or family patterns that feel stuck. Practical strategies and short-term exercises are offered when useful, alongside deeper work when people want to explore earlier experiences that still affect them. Sessions can address parenting stresses, career worries, or feelings of isolation and emptiness.
Her manner is straightforward and supportive. The goal is to help people build clearer perspective and more workable routines. Christiane guides each person at their own pace and adjusts the approach to fit their life and goals.
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What Christiane works with
The areas below are the ones Christiane selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English, Shona |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches explained and how online sessions help
Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens with genuine curiosity and follows what the client brings, helping them find their own solutions and build confidence. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns; it suits anxiety, low mood and stress-related problems. Psychodynamic work pays attention to past relationships and repeating patterns to make sense of why some issues keep returning.Choosing the right blend of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals and preferences and together decide which methods feel most useful. That collaborative process can change over time as needs shift or new issues emerge.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters, phone sessions can fit into a short break, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer not to use a camera. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and to fit therapy around work, family life or travel.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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