Craig Limbert

Craig Limbert is a BACP counsellor with 30 years' experience based in the United Kingdom. He works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem problems and the strain of life changes. Craig also notes experience with issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment concerns and chronic health conditions.

Craig uses an integrative style that draws on client-centred work and psychodynamic ideas. He often refers to Gestalt thinking to help people notice what is happening for them in the present moment. Sessions focus on the client’s goals and on making a practical plan for what to work on together.

He has wide experience across mental health and social care settings, including long work in GP-linked CBT provision and roles in community mental health teams. That background informs how he combines practical techniques with attention to past experiences that continue to affect current life.

In conversation he pays attention to personal history and present difficulties, and he encourages people to name their fears, hopes and expectations. The work aims to help people better understand the impact of past events and to try different ways of responding now.

Craig has worked with people from diverse cultural and sexual orientation backgrounds. He describes collaborative goal-setting as the basis of the therapeutic agreement and invites clients to shape how sessions run. The practicalities of sessions, fees and scheduling form part of that initial discussion.

How his therapeutic approaches work online

Craig often draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships shape patterns in adult life. This approach helps when people want to understand recurring relationship difficulties or patterns of closeness and distance.

He also uses Client-Centred Therapy, which means sessions focus on the person's experience and priorities. The counsellor listens and reflects so clients can identify their own goals and next steps.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) features in his work for people needing practical ways to manage anxiety, low mood or unhelpful thinking. CBT offers short-term tools to test small changes and measure their effect on daily life.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Craig will discuss preferences, goals and what has helped before, and will adjust methods as the sessions progress to fit the person’s needs.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking. The typical advantages are practical: easier scheduling around work and family life, fewer travel demands and the option to have shorter check-ins when time is limited. Discuss session length and timing with him when you book so they fit your routine.