About Christina
Christina Murphy is a counsellor with three years' experience working with people in the United Kingdom. She builds therapy on trust, acceptance and a non-judgemental attitude. Christina aims to make change feel manageable and practical so people can move forward without feeling overwhelmed.
Christina uses a relationship-based approach that helps clients look at beliefs and patterns that no longer fit their lives. She helps people name difficult feelings and brings gentle curiosity to painful memories and experiences.
How Christina works
Sessions focus on clear, simple steps rather than jargon, so conversations can lead to real shifts. Many clients come with stress, anxiety or low self-esteem and want tools to cope day to day. Christina also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and relationship difficulties, as well as issues such as sleep problems, anger and career strain.
She pays attention to attachment, abandonment and codependency themes when they show up in people's stories. Her work draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques to challenge unhelpful thought patterns. Christina aims to balance emotional exploration with practical skills people can use between sessions.
She encourages self-compassion and helps people experiment with new ways of relating to themselves and others. Sessions are offered in English for people living in the United Kingdom. Christina describes counselling as a collaborative process where she helps clients take the next sensible step toward feeling better.
Christina lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Christina works with
The areas below are the ones Christina 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
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's 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
Approach online and in sessions
Christina uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current relationships. This approach helps people who notice repeating patterns in how they relate to others and want to build more stable connections.She also uses client-centred counselling which focuses on listening and acceptance. The counsellor offers a non-judgemental space so people can explore feelings at their own pace and feel heard.
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, is used to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. This works well when someone wants practical strategies to manage anxiety, mood or sleep problems.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Christina will talk through options and decide together with the client which methods fit best for their goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and can adapt as needs change.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when people prefer visual contact. Phone sessions suit those who need a shorter check-in or have limited bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit counselling into a busy day and to reflect in writing between sessions.
These formats increase flexibility and help people access support from wherever they are in the United Kingdom, while keeping the focus on making therapy useful and manageable.
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