About Christopher
Christopher Reed helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression and sleeping problems. He also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, addiction, LGBT concerns and intimate or relationship difficulties. He is named up front so readers know who they will meet.
He works in a straightforward, respectful way. Conversations are tailored to each person's needs and paced to suit them. Christopher aims to make the room feel calm and non-judgemental so people can speak honestly about painful or confusing issues.
How Christopher works
Over 16 years he has built experience across a wide range of concerns. That includes grief, anger, low self-esteem, impulse control and OCD symptoms like obsessions and compulsions. He also offers help around sexuality topics such as BDSM and kink, gender dysphoria and intimacy-related issues.
His methods include client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques, emotionally-focused approaches, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing and hypnotherapy. In practice this means listening first, then using straightforward skills and exercises to change unhelpful patterns or process difficult memories. Christopher is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
He sees people in the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English. If someone prefers a practical, empathetic counsellor who combines talking and evidence-informed techniques, he may be a good fit.
Christopher lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Christopher works with
The areas below are the ones Christopher selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Christopher combines approaches for online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and creating a supportive, accepting space. It is useful when someone needs time to talk things through and feel heard. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, panic and low mood. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, EMDR, helps people process traumatic memories so they feel less overwhelming and disruptive to daily life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christopher will listen to what matters most, discuss what might help, and adjust methods as therapy progresses. That means the work can shift from supportive listening to skill-building or trauma processing depending on goals and how someone responds.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make engagement more flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions can be a good fit if bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in option, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or other commitments while keeping the focus on progress and practical support.
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