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Chris Stavri, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 22 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteemDepressionCoaching
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Chris Stavri is a counsellor with 22 years' experience helping people who struggle with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, grief, parenting pressures, and work or career difficulties. He also supports people facing trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, anger, and major life changes.
He holds BACP accreditation which signals professional registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. His style is warm and non-judgemental.
Background and approach
He aims to create a space where people can talk honestly about what matters. Sessions focus on building self-awareness, practical coping skills and clearer decision-making rather than quick fixes. Chris blends several therapeutic approaches to suit each person.
He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take committed action. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thought patterns and change behaviours. Attachment-based ideas inform work on relationships and intimacy.
He also draws on Client-Centred principles to keep the pace and focus set by the person in the room. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques are available for emotion regulation and crisis coping when needed. Outside therapy, Chris has written about psychological and spiritual development.
His background supports people who want both practical tools and deeper self-understanding. He welcomes clients in the United Kingdom and internationally and works online using video, phone, live chat or text messaging.
How Chris offers therapy online and the approaches he uses
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps aligned with those values. It is useful for anxiety, depression and when feeling stuck. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people change how they connect and respond to others, which can help with intimacy and trust issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Chris will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then agree a plan together. He adapts methods over time so the approach stays practical and relevant to day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can fit into a short break or use less bandwidth, and live chat or messaging works for brief check-ins or if someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on clear, usable tools and steady progress.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 22 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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