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Geoffrey Norton, BACP, NCPS
- Credentials
- BACP, NCPS
- Experience
- 3 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyDepression
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Geoffrey Norton is a UK-based counsellor with three years' clinical experience. He holds a postgraduate diploma and a Master of Arts and works mainly with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. He combines life experience from living in Spain, the USA and Colombia with his clinical training to offer a grounded approach.
He draws on several counselling theories but centres his practice on a person-centred way of working.
Background and approach
That means he listens without judgement and helps people name and understand their thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on building a trusting relationship first, then exploring what matters most to the client. Geoffrey describes his style as relational.
He aims to create a steady, compassionate space where clients can speak openly. From that connection he supports people to spot patterns, try small changes and develop clearer choices. Sessions commonly address anxiety, mood difficulties, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, trauma and parenting strain.
He also works with issues such as attachment difficulties, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, and panic attacks. People who want a listening, down-to-earth counsellor often find his manner helpful. Geoffrey draws on client-centred, existential and solution-focused ideas to shape practical conversations.
He offers sessions online by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How Geoffrey's approaches work online
Geoffrey uses a person-centred or Client-Centred approach that focuses on being heard. In practice that means the therapist listens actively, reflects what is said and helps people feel understood so they can explore feelings and make their own decisions. This approach often helps with anxiety, low mood and self-esteem struggles.He also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy, which looks for small, practical steps that make a difference quickly. Sessions using this style concentrate on what is already working and on building achievable goals, which can suit people wanting short-term change or clearer plans.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Geoffrey will talk with clients about their needs, goals and preferences and agree on an approach together. That collaborative decision may mix person-centred listening with solution-focused action depending on what the client wants.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual connection matters, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in and messaging suits people who prefer writing or need asynchronous support. These options help fit therapy around work, travel or different daily rhythms while keeping the focus on practical progress and connection.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
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