Counsellor profile
Christine OPrey, BACP
Counsellor - anxiety and trauma
See online counselling options- Anxiety and panic
- Trauma and PTSD
- Self esteem
About Christine
Counsellor and BACP member with 12 years' experience, Christine OPrey works in the United Kingdom with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and related difficulties. She lists stress, anger, low self-esteem, grief and sleeping problems among her main concerns and notes experience with panic, phobias and social anxiety.
Christine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people notice patterns that maintain distress. Sessions focus on clear steps and practical strategies to reduce upsetting symptoms and improve daily coping. She aims to make sessions straightforward and task-focused so progress can be measured over time.
Her background includes work with trauma and post-traumatic stress and with people affected by narcissistic abuse. She also has experience addressing health anxiety, obsessive patterns and anger management. That clinical experience informs how she plans short-term goals and longer-term work.
Christine is familiar with issues that come up around parenting, caregiver stress and relationship conflict. She will help people untangle feelings such as guilt, shame or abandonment and work on rebuilding stronger self-esteem and clearer boundaries.
Sessions look at practical changes you can try between meetings. Christine encourages small experiments, new routines and clearer communication skills. She will review what helps and what does not, and adjust the approach as work progresses.
How evidence-based approaches work in online counselling
Christine draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviours. This kind of approach helps with anxiety, panic and low mood by teaching practical skills to manage symptoms and by testing out new ways of coping in everyday situations.She also works with methods aimed at processing trauma and distressing memories. These approaches help people reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions and improve daily functioning through step-by-step exercises and pacing.
Deciding which approach to use is part of the early work. Christine will discuss goals, preferred ways of working and the problems you want to change, and then recommend an approach. That decision is collaborative and can be reviewed as therapy progresses.
If you want to use online counselling, please confirm the specific session formats before you book because the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow quieter or shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can often adapt exercises for remote sessions so practical skills can still be practised between meetings.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with most often?
She works with anxiety, depression, trauma and related problems such as panic, phobias and social anxiety. The list also includes stress, anger, grief and sleeping difficulties.
What style of therapy does she use?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and brings practical, task-focused sessions. The work often involves setting short-term goals and trying changes between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years' experience working in therapeutic roles, including work with trauma and narcissistic abuse.
Which professional body is she registered with?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK book sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.