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Chris Callahan-Brown, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 3 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseSelf esteemDepression
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Chris Callahan-Brown helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems and grief. He also supports those struggling with depression, low self-esteem, addictions and difficulties around intimacy. Chris works with clients on practical ways to manage change and cope with life’s pressures.
He creates a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about their thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the individual and finding workable steps forward. The aim is to build confidence and restore a sense of control.
Background and approach
Chris draws on client-centred ways of working that keep the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. He also uses elements of cognitive behavioural therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Solution-focused techniques help set clear, achievable goals and track progress.
With three years of practice in the United Kingdom he has supported people with a wide range of concerns. These include ADHD, eating issues, parenting stress, body image, chronic illness, and complex relationship dynamics. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP.
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted. Chris works via online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. He encourages a collaborative approach to therapy and helps each person choose what fits their life.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience first and focuses on listening, empathy and understanding. It helps people who need space to talk through feelings and decide what they want to change. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical tools for managing anxiety, low mood and unhelpful thinking patterns. Solution-focused therapy concentrates on small, realistic goals and what is working already, which can speed up progress when time is limited.Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will ask about needs, goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. Sessions can be adjusted over time so the plan remains a good fit for the person’s life.
Online formats offer flexibility for people with busy or changing routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a lunch break. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit short check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make therapy more accessible and help maintain continuity when in-person meetings are difficult.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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 counselling
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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