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Christine Coyle

Christine Coyle

Therapist · United Kingdom

Practical counselling with empathic support

  • Client-centred approach
  • CBT and mindfulness
  • Problem-solving focus

About Christine

Christine Coyle is a counsellor with seven years' experience working in Northern Ireland. She trained in psychology and criminology and now runs a counselling and holistic therapies practice. Christine offers a calm, non-judgemental space for adults who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck. She encourages practical steps clients can use day to day to start feeling better.

Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related difficulties, body image and self-esteem concerns, parenting strain and coping with life changes. Money and financial issues are among the concerns she helps people talk through when they affect wellbeing.

Christine blends client-centred listening with techniques drawn from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness. She also draws on psychodynamic and solution-focused ideas to help uncover unhelpful patterns and spot quick ways to move forward. Sessions include simple strategies and problem-solving tools that clients can practise between meetings.

Her background includes charity work and a broader interest in holistic approaches to health. Christine particularly enjoys supporting women with low self-worth, and she has experience with self-harm and suicidal ideation among adults. She aims to work collaboratively to identify realistic goals and small changes that build resilience.

People who choose her often want clear, usable techniques alongside empathic listening. To begin, she asks people to share what they want to change and then helps shape a practical plan. The focus is on steady progress rather than quick fixes.

How Christine’s approaches translate to online work

Christine uses client-centred therapy to build understanding through gentle, focused listening. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes goals from their own priorities. Cognitive behavioural therapy offers practical techniques to change thought and behaviour patterns and can help with anxiety, low mood and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine will discuss different methods and together with the client decide which mix best fits their goals and everyday life. That collaborative process includes trying techniques and adjusting them if they do not feel helpful.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Many people find online work helpful because it can fit around work, caring duties and travel, and it can make it easier to keep continuity between meetings. Online sessions also allow for brief check-ins between longer sessions and for practising techniques in the settings where problems happen. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use online work to make it simpler to maintain regular contact while working towards steady, practical change.

Areas of focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefDepressionLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changes
AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Christine help with?

She supports adults with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and related issues such as self-esteem, body image and relationship difficulties.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She combines client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural and mindfulness techniques, adding psychodynamic and solution-focused ideas to find what helps in day-to-day life.

What experience does she bring?

Christine has seven years' experience working in Northern Ireland, including roles in the charity sector and running her own counselling and holistic therapies practice.

Where is Christine based and what credentials does she hold?

She works in the United Kingdom and holds BACP which is recorded as her professional credential.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm the current session options before booking.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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