Charlie Bassett, BACP

Charlie Bassett brings more than twenty years of experience helping people navigate the difficulties that can arise in life. He frames counselling as a shared journey, standing alongside clients as they investigate the sources of emotional pain and learn practical skills to support recovery and renewed hope. His emphasis is on restoring a sense of possibility and guiding people toward the strengths and potential they may have lost sight of.

Charlie prioritizes a person-centered approach, placing unconditional acceptance and deep empathy at the heart of each session to create a space where concerns can be explored openly. He also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and challenge unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, and to teach concrete techniques that reduce stress and support change. In addition, he uses schema-based work to uncover and address long-standing core beliefs that can influence self-definition and relationships.

His background includes work with children and adolescents experiencing behavioural and emotional difficulties, leadership of drug court and community sentencing programs for court referrals, and facilitation of a programme for domestic violence perpetrators. He has served as a clinical director of a private counselling agency in Oklahoma, worked on an acute adolescent hospital unit, and provided care in an intensive outpatient day treatment setting for adults.

Charlie previously held licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Oklahoma, a professional qualification for practising counsellors in that region. After moving to the United Kingdom, he became a registered member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), which denotes membership in the UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists.