Christine Howell, BACP

Christine Howell is an integrative counsellor based in London with a decade of experience supporting people through a broad range of emotional and relational difficulties. She works from the premise that the individual is the expert on their own life and applies a blend of therapeutic skills, training and practical experience to help clients address presenting issues and move forward.

Over the course of ten years in mental and emotional health and well-being, she has provided help for anxiety, depression, identity concerns, family conflict, relationship problems, low self-esteem and grief. In the last five years much of her work has focused on sexual abuse, including specialised support for non-abusing parents of children who have been sexually abused and for people living with primary, secondary and complex trauma whether current or historical.

She emphasizes compassion, sensitivity and presence when working with people who are navigating stressful or desperate times. Christine aims to create a non-judgemental and accepting environment that supports insight, meaningful goal-setting and steady progress, recognising that therapy can be challenging and that a steady therapeutic relationship is key to change.

Her therapeutic manner is described as warm, holding and interactive. Therapy begins by building a consistent rapport that allows a healthy therapeutic alliance to develop, and treatment is tailored to each person’s unique needs. As an integrative practitioner she draws on person-centred principles alongside cognitive-behavioural techniques, psychodynamic ideas, trauma-focused and solution-focused methods, and elements of transactional analysis to shape a personalised approach.

Christine holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and offers therapy in English.