Collette DuffinNCPS

Collette Duffin is a therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety and major life changes. She speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps feel manageable. Collette works with concerns such as relationship and intimacy issues, self‑esteem, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and depression. She also supports people dealing with family problems, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, cancer-related challenges and divorce or separation.

Collette uses practical talking therapy and skill-building. She draws on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally‑Focused Therapy to shape sessions around each person’s needs. Sessions include guided exercises, noticing unhelpful patterns and learning ways to cope day to day.

She holds NCPS as a listed credential and has six years of experience in counselling and personal development. Collette aims to combine up-to-date research with a warm, welcoming manner so people can practice new ways of responding to difficulties. She frames work as collaborative and goal focused, helping people set small steps that lead to change.

Her background also includes work around blended family dynamics, codependency and communication problems. Collette invites people to talk through what matters to them and to try approaches that fit their life and values.

To begin, Collette asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability. She practises in the United Kingdom and offers services in English.

How therapy approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It is useful when someone feels stuck by anxiety, low mood or life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting thinking patterns that keep problems going and practising new responses through short exercises and homework. It suits worries, depression and practical coping skills. Emotionally‑Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on understanding and shifting emotional responses in close relationships and can help with intimacy and communication issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods match a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That discussion may change as work progresses, and methods can be blended to suit each person.

Confirm the exact session options before booking as formats are not specified in this profile. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example shorter check‑ins around work breaks, fewer travel demands and easier access when mobility or caregiving makes travel hard. Different methods used in sessions include short practical exercises, guided awareness practices and step‑by‑step problem solving that transfer into everyday routines. Registered or accredited professionals often adapt tasks so people can try them between sessions and measure small gains over time.