Charlotte Crawford

Charlotte Crawford is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 12 years focused on cognitive behavioural work. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, parenting pressures, depression, ADHD and major life changes. Sessions are presented in plain language and aim to address immediate problems and day-to-day coping needs.

Charlotte trained originally in nursing and has long experience supporting people with alcohol and drug issues. That background shapes a practical style that emphasises skills people can use between sessions. She describes her work as integrative, drawing on cognitive behavioural ideas alongside mindfulness, acceptance and commitment approaches, attachment-informed thinking and motivational interviewing.

In practice she focuses on building skills for anxiety, managing cravings and reducing the impact of traumatic memories. She also works with grief and caregiver stress, and helps people improve communication and handle codependency or control issues. Sessions include straightforward discussion, role work and behavioural experiments when useful.

Charlotte offers a direct, problem-focused approach that aims to leave clients with specific techniques they can repeat alone. She explains concepts clearly and uses simple exercises to strengthen attention, notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviours. She encourages practical, step-by-step changes rather than abstract theory.

Her experience includes work with first responders and people affected by serious illness, along with many years supporting those with substance misuse histories. She accepts international clients and conducts work in English. To start, clients use the site matching process and then schedule an initial session.

How Charlotte uses ACT, CBT and attachment ideas online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for people uncertain about direction, stuck in unhelpful patterns or avoiding important choices.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting thinking traps and testing them with small behavioural experiments. It suits problems like anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and managing cravings for substances.

Attachment-Informed work looks at how past relationships shape current reactions and patterns. This can help with abandonment issues, communication problems and caregiver stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Charlotte will discuss options and agree a plan that fits the client's goals and preferences. That decision is collaborative and may change as therapy progresses.

Please confirm available session formats on the profile before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins where needed, and remove the need to travel. These practical benefits can help people keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family or health demands.