Colette Safhill
Practical, person-centred counselling for everyday struggles
BACP United Kingdom
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centred Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Colette
Colette Safhill is a person-centred counsellor who draws on a range of practical approaches to help people through difficult times. She brings 20 years of experience and a BACP accreditation to her work.
Background and approach
Colette is warm and non-judgemental and aims to make each session straightforward and clear for the person in front of her. She listens to what a client brings and builds from there.
Sessions focus on real problems like stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns. Colette also supports people facing issues such as addiction, body image, intimacy-related worries, sleep and eating difficulties, and life changes like separation or bereavement.
Colette uses methods that include the Gottman Method, cognitive behavioural techniques and EMDR when appropriate. She also draws on dialectical behaviour skills and client-centred practice to keep work practical and grounded.
The emphasis is on helping clients notice patterns, try new ways of coping, and practise useful skills between meetings. She works with people concerned about parenting, adoption and foster care, attachment or abandonment, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
Other areas she addresses include communication problems, codependency, anger and control issues. Clients can expect straightforward conversation, collaborative planning and clear goals for change.
Colette offers sessions online, by phone and via text-based messaging as well as face to face. Sessions use a subscription model which can be cancelled at any time, and she is able to work with international clients while conducting sessions in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Colette commonly uses the Gottman Method to address relationship patterns and communication. This approach focuses on practical skills for handling conflict and building connection, useful for people wanting clearer interactions and better understanding. She also draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which puts the client's experience first and creates a respectful, listening space to help people make their own changes.When trauma or distress is a core concern she may use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). EMDR is a structured way of working through distressing memories and the feelings they bring, and it is used to reduce the intensity of those memories and to help people tolerate them more easily. Colette explains these options and works with each person to choose the best approach for their goals and comfort level.This decision is collaborative - she will help you review what feels most useful and adjust the plan as therapy unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video suits more in-depth work and seeing non-verbal cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for short check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life and travel while keeping the same therapeutic focus.
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Experience
20+ years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English