Geraldine Houston
Practical support for emotional recovery
About Geraldine
Geraldine Houston helps people facing a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, addictions and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with stress, parenting strains, career worries, mood disorders and ADHD. Geraldine uses a respectful, compassionate style that aims to make talking about hard things feel easier.
She keeps sessions focused on what matters to the individual. Conversations and any plan are shaped around a person’s needs and priorities.
Background and approach
Geraldine emphasises small, practical steps as well as exploring feelings and past experiences that affect the present. Across eight years of work in the United Kingdom she has worked with people experiencing trauma, domestic violence, bereavement, eating and bipolar concerns. Her additional focus areas include issues such as abandonment, fertility and end-of-life matters.
Geraldine draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide her practice. The BACP credential is held and is noted as Geraldine’s professional registration. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
Appointments can take different formats to suit individual circumstances. People who choose Geraldine can expect a straightforward, calm approach. She aims to create a space where difficult topics can be discussed without judgement.
The work is collaborative, paced to what each person can manage, and directed toward clearer thinking and better coping.
What Geraldine works with
Sessions & fees
How Geraldine’s approaches work online
Geraldine draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to make conversations useful and practical. One common approach focuses on understanding patterns of thought and behaviour and testing small changes to see what helps more day-to-day; this can be useful for anxiety, depression and stress. Another approach concentrates on processing difficult experiences and their impact now, which can be helpful when working with trauma, grief or loss.Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Geraldine will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and adapt the methods over time. The aim is to find a way of working that feels manageable and suits the individual rather than imposing a single method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different routines. Video lets people work face to face when needed. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Messaging and live chat suit ongoing support and people who prefer writing over speaking.
| 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
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
