Colette Langridge, NCPS

Counsellor Colette Langridge is a member of NCPS and has been practising since 2012. She works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and grief. Colette also notes experience with intimacy issues, parenting strains, anger and self-esteem problems.

Colette uses an integrative approach that draws on a few different ways of working rather than one fixed model. She says attachment-based ideas are useful for looking at how early relationships affect feelings today. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try practical alternatives. Mindfulness and somatic ideas are mentioned for attending to sensations and grounding in the body.

She has over six years of specific experience supporting people affected by sexualised trauma and abuse. That work included one-to-one support for people who experienced relational trauma, sexual violence and childhood abuse, alongside related difficulties such as anxiety, depression, PTSD and complex PTSD.

In sessions Colette aims to listen and work together with each person to identify what they want to change. Conversations can include looking at past experiences, current patterns and body-based responses. Practical coping skills and mindfulness exercises may be offered alongside talking about painful memories.

Colette accepts international clients and works from the United Kingdom. Fees vary by location and are managed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.

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