Christine Porter, BACP

Christine Porter is a counsellor who focuses on helping people find steadiness after life feels shaken. She offers a warm, straightforward style and aims to build trust quickly. Christine works with adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and low self-esteem, and she also supports carers facing stress from their caring role.

She uses person-centred work that places the client at the heart of sessions. That means the conversation follows what matters most to the person and Christine helps people clarify what they want to change. She also draws on solution-focused ideas to set clear goals and practical steps between sessions.

Christine brings four years of professional experience and holds BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration noted in her profile. Her background includes work with people experiencing grief, communication problems, and workplace stress as well as those living with chronic illness or neurodivergence.

Sessions are collaborative. Christine asks what each person wants from counselling and they agree a path forward together. She describes her role as part of a team with the client, offering tools and ways of thinking to support change.

People who value a counsellor with a faith background or who prefer a warm, encouraging presence often choose her. If someone wants to explore personal change, build self-belief or manage ongoing caring pressures, Christine aims to help them find practical steps and inner strengths.

How her approaches shape online support

Christine uses person-centred (client-centred) work and solution-focused methods in her counselling. Person-centred work means the conversation stays focused on what matters to the client, with the counsellor providing acceptance and reflection to help the person find clarity. This approach can help with emotional struggles like grief, low self-worth and anxiety.

Solution-focused work concentrates on small, achievable steps and on what is already working. It is practical and goal-oriented, and can suit people who want clear actions to reduce stress, improve communication or manage caring responsibilities.

Choosing the best approach is a shared task. Christine will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and needs and together they will decide which methods to use. That decision can change over time as progress is made or priorities shift.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact session formats before booking because the profile does not list specific formats. Many people find online counselling helps fit therapy into a busy life, removes travel time and makes it easier to schedule shorter check-ins around work or caring duties. Whether you prefer a paced conversation to build understanding or focused goal work between meetings, the online setting can be adapted to those aims.