Chris Allen
Person-centred counsellor for practical change
About Chris
Chris Allen is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of clinical practice. He has run his own independent practice for the past year and works with people facing low mood, anxiety and relationship difficulties. Chris aims to create a calm space where people can begin to talk and be heard.
He uses a person-centred approach that treats each person as the expert on their life.
Background and approach
Sessions are relaxed, warm and supportive. The therapist listens with empathy and genuine regard and helps people find their own answers rather than imposing solutions. Chris often focuses on practical steps to cope with grief, loss and major life changes.
He also helps with intimacy-related issues, self-esteem and recovery from trauma and abuse. Addictions, eating concerns and difficulties around fatherhood and parenting are other areas he addresses. People looking to work through relationship problems, infidelity, communication or commitment issues may find his style helpful.
He also supports those dealing with anger, shame, abandonment and the emotional impact of adoption or foster care experiences. Sessions are offered in English and Chris accepts international clients. He encourages anyone who wants a straightforward, person-centred way of talking through their difficulties to consider an initial meeting to see if it feels right.
What Chris works with
How Chris works
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Sessions & fees
Client-centred care online and how it helps
Chris uses Client-Centred Therapy, which means the counsellor listens closely and treats you as the expert on your life. This approach helps when someone needs a non-judgemental space to talk through anxiety, depression, relationship problems or grief and to discover their own solutions.The emphasis is on empathy, genuineness and positive regard. That style supports people who want to work through the emotional impact of trauma, abandonment, identity concerns or life changes without feeling directed by the therapist. The therapist will work with you to decide whether this approach is the best fit for your goals and preferences in a collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a quicker check-in and messaging lets you reflect in writing between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or study commitments and to keep continuity when travel or relocation is involved.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
