Colette Langridge
Practical counselling for trauma and life changes
About Colette
Colette Langridge is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and career or life changes. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, anger, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and the impact of chronic illness. Colette uses a calm, straightforward style and aims to make early steps feel manageable.
She trained and began practising in 2012 and has 12 years of professional experience.
Background and approach
Her practice includes a long period working directly with people who had experienced sexualised trauma and relational abuse. That work involved one-to-one support for a range of trauma presentations including childhood abuse, sexual violence, PTSD and complex PTSD. Colette blends several approaches to meet each person’s needs.
She draws on attachment-based thinking to look at patterns from early relationships. She uses client-centred ways of working to keep sessions focused on what matters to the person in front of her. Cognitive behavioural ideas can help when thoughts and behaviours become stuck.
She pays attention to how the body holds distress, and may use mindful or somatic techniques alongside talking. Psychodynamic insights can be useful when looking at past experiences that shape current feelings. Colette aims to make therapy practical and relevant to everyday life.
People who start with her can expect a respectful, non-judgemental space and a collaborative approach to setting goals and reviewing progress. Beginning counselling is framed as a step-by-step process, with attention to building confidence, self-esteem and clearer ways of coping.
What Colette works with
How Colette works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Colette commonly combines attachment-based work and client-centred methods to help people understand relationship patterns and to centre sessions around the individual's needs. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and can be useful for relationship, abandonment and attachment issues. Client-centred counselling focuses on listening, empathy and the person's own goals to guide change.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy when people want clear, structured strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. CBT can help with anxiety, depression and problem-solving in daily life. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which approach, or mix of approaches, is the best fit based on goals, preferences and how someone responds in early sessions.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls create a face-to-face experience while still fitting around work or family commitments. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good option for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging give an option for shorter, written exchanges or ongoing written support between sessions. These formats make it easier to access therapy from different places and at different times, helping people keep continuity of care.
| 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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
