Andrew Armstrong

Andrew Armstrong is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. He holds BACP registration and brings four years of professional experience helping people manage stress, anxiety and anger. He aims to create a calm, straightforward space where clients can talk about what matters to them and work towards clearer choices.

He approaches sessions believing people know themselves best. He sees his role as a guide who listens, reflects and offers tools where helpful. That can mean talking through relationship or family worries, coping with grief, or finding ways to rebuild self-esteem and hope after hard times.

Andrew uses a mix of practical methods. He draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice values and make small changes. He also uses attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas when relationship patterns are part of the issue.

Sessions are conversational and focused on real-life steps. People can expect to work on clearer communication, managing strong feelings, and small experiments to test new ways of responding. Andrew pays attention to everyday pressures such as parenting strains, blended family difficulties and work-related compassion fatigue.

His work includes support with grief, depression, guilt and shame, and common problems like control issues, codependency and body image. If someone wants to begin, the usual first step is a short matching questionnaire and booking a session through the Start Therapy process.

How his approaches guide online counselling

Andrew often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in his work. ACT focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small committed steps, which can help with anger, grief and coping with life changes. CBT targets unhelpful thought patterns and practical behaviours, useful for anxiety, low mood and self-esteem difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try. That collaborative process allows adjustments as needs change over time.

If you are considering online therapy, check the session-format options before booking so you know what is offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a work break, or avoiding the need to be on camera when that helps someone engage more comfortably. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and homework to remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.