Christine OPrey

Christine OPrey uses cognitive behavioural approaches to help people manage difficult feelings and responses. She works in the United Kingdom and draws on 12 years of clinical experience to support people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger and low self-esteem. Christine is BACP, which indicates her professional registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her practice focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. She helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns, try small behavioural changes and practise new coping skills. This approach is often used with anxiety, panic, phobias, health anxiety and social anxiety, and she also supports people facing grief, trauma or sleep difficulties. Christine has experience helping people affected by anger, narcissistic abuse and obsessive compulsive patterns. She also works with those carrying caregiver strain, compassion fatigue and the emotional impact of family problems. People concerned about relationship and communication problems, commitment or control issues, or feelings of emptiness can bring these topics to sessions. Her background includes work with depression, bipolar presentations and bereavement. She uses a straightforward, goal-focused style that breaks bigger problems into manageable steps. Sessions will typically involve talking things through and agreeing practical tasks to try between meetings. Sessions are conducted in English. Christine does not accept international clients at this time, and practical arrangements such as session format should be confirmed when booking.

How cognitive approaches translate to online therapy

Christine commonly uses cognitive behavioural techniques, which involve identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce distress. This approach suits problems such as anxiety, panic, phobias, anger and low self-esteem because it focuses on practical skills and short-term behavioural changes.

She also draws on evidence-based methods for trauma and grief that emphasise pacing, stabilisation and coping strategies. These help people manage distressing memories, intense reactions and ongoing practical stresses by building tolerance and safer ways of responding.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and adapt techniques together so the plan fits each person. That collaborative process can include trying techniques in-session and agreeing tasks to practise between meetings.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options when booking. Online work can make sessions easier to fit into a day, save travel time and allow repeat brief check-ins when needed. Some people find shorter online check-ins useful during busy weeks, while others prefer longer sessions to work through complex issues.