Christiane Alfred
Supportive counsellor for anxiety and life changes
About Christiane
Christiane Alfred helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or big life changes. She works with adults and with young people aged 16 and over. Christiane writes plainly and listens closely so clients can talk about what matters most to them.
She uses a combination of approaches to match each person’s needs. Sessions focus on understanding current challenges and building small, practical steps to cope better day to day.
Background and approach
Conversations are guided by the client’s goals and pace, not by a fixed agenda. Christiane holds BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She brings three years of counselling and psychotherapy experience in the United Kingdom.
That background includes helping people with depression, low self-esteem and parenting stress. Her additional work covers areas such as adoption and foster care, attachment and family of origin issues, body image and caregiver stress. She also supports people facing career concerns, relationship strain, anger or feelings of isolation.
Sessions are straightforward and practical. Clients can expect compassionate listening, clear feedback and collaborative planning. Christiane encourages small steps that build confidence and create change over time.
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Sessions & fees
Approaches and how online therapy can help
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. It gives space for people to talk about what matters and to set their own goals. This approach helps with low self-esteem, feeling stuck and for building confidence.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christiane will talk with each client about aims, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to use client-centred listening, CBT techniques or a psychodynamic perspective to understand patterns from the past.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits short check-ins or people who prefer written reflection. These options let people fit sessions around work, family or travel while keeping continuity of care with a registered or accredited professional.
| 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
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Shona
