Colette Safhill, BACP
20 years in practice
Colette Safhill is a person-centred counsellor who places the client at the heart of each session.
License and registration
- BACP
- 391617 · expires April 2026
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Colette
Colette Safhill is a person-centred counsellor who places the client at the heart of each session. She brings 20 years of experience and a warm, non-judgemental manner to conversations about stress, anxiety, trauma and relationship concerns. Colette is registered with the BACP, which is listed as her professional credential.
She uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people notice patterns and make changes. That can include cognitive behavioural techniques for unhelpful thinking, skills from dialectical behaviour therapy to manage strong emotions, and EMDR for trauma-related memories.
Background and approach
Sessions are tailored to the issue a person brings. Colette has worked with a wide range of challenges across her career. She supports people facing depression, grief, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, body image and eating concerns, and problems with sleep or anger.
Additional areas she attends to include adoption and foster care matters, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and attachment or abandonment issues. She speaks English and works with clients in the United Kingdom as well as international clients. Colette offers online and phone sessions alongside text-based options, so people can choose what fits their life.
Colette aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable. New clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire before arranging sessions, which helps shape the early conversations and goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Colette lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Colette names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Colette blends person-centred practice with structured methods to support practical change. Person-centred therapy focuses on listening closely and building understanding so people can speak openly about tough topics and decide what they want to change. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers tools to identify unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours to feel better day to day. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be used when distressing memories are getting in the way, helping to reduce the emotional charge those memories carry.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Colette will talk with the client about their goals and preferences, then suggest ways of working that fit those priorities. Together they adjust the methods as progress and needs evolve.
Online sessions can be more flexible for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be quicker for check-ins or when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text messaging work for shorter updates or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel, while letting the therapist and client focus on practical steps and coping strategies.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Colette support?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and grief as well as relationship and intimacy issues. Other areas include addiction, eating and sleeping problems, career changes and caregiving stress.
How does she approach therapy?
Colette uses a person-centred way of working alongside techniques from CBT and DBT and EMDR where appropriate. The aim is to match methods to what the client needs in clear, practical steps.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of experience as a person-centred psychotherapist and has undertaken post-qualifying training in areas such as relationship work, trauma, adoptions and eating disorders.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
Colette is based in the United Kingdom and is registered with the BACP.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes. Sessions are offered to international clients in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Colette?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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