Collette Duffin, NCPS - Therapist in United Kingdom

Anxiety and stress
Adoption and foster care
Skill-based work

About Collette

Collette Duffin is a counsellor who aims to help people finding life hard make practical steps towards feeling better. She focuses on common stresses such as anxiety, depression, grief, anger and self-esteem, and on relationship and intimacy-related concerns. Collette also lists adoption and foster care among her areas of focus and can discuss how those experiences affect daily life.

Collette works in a warm, welcoming way and places the person’s goals at the centre of sessions. She uses everyday language to explain ideas and teaches simple skills that people can try between meetings. Her background combines clinical work with personal development experience to keep the work outcome-focused.

Her approach draws on several well-known therapies, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. These approaches are used to help people manage difficult thoughts, change unhelpful patterns and improve emotional connection where it matters.

Collette holds the NCPS credential and has six years of experience in the field. She describes herself as result oriented and tailors her work to each person’s needs. The practical aim is to help people build skills, reduce distress and move towards clearer goals.

She offers sessions in English and works from the United Kingdom. Prospective clients start by using the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire before scheduling according to the therapist’s availability.

How Collette’s approaches work for online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing thinking and behaviour patterns that keep problems going, which can help with depression, anxiety and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at emotional patterns and connection, useful when relationship or intimacy issues are a core concern.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Collette will work with each person to choose which methods suit their goals, preferences and daily life. That may mean combining elements of different approaches and adjusting techniques as progress is made.

Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, cut travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow calmer surroundings or the choice to be off camera for those who prefer that. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use these practical benefits to help sessions fit everyday life without changing the therapeutic aims.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

Trauma and abuse GriefAnger managementDepression Coping with life changesCoaching

Additional focus areas

Abandonment Adoption and foster care Blended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issues Fertility issues Forgiveness Guilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Credentials

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What problems does Collette help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and anger, along with relationship and intimacy-related concerns and self-esteem issues.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is warm and person-centred, with a focus on practical skills and clear outcomes that people can apply between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has six years of experience working in therapy and personal development settings.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She holds the NCPS credential and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions charged?

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

How do I begin working with her?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

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