Charleen Raymond, BACP

Charleen Raymond is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem, depression and major life changes. She also supports work on attachment issues, body image and caregiver stress among other concerns.

Her style is straightforward and practical. She uses an integrative approach and draws on several methods to address what a person brings to sessions. Conversations focus on noticing thoughts, feelings and patterns that get in the way, then testing different ways of responding. Sessions aim to be clear and constructive rather than vague or overly technical.

Charleen works from existential and humanistic perspectives alongside techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and attachment-based work. That mix helps people look at immediate patterns and also the bigger life questions behind them. She encourages people to name what matters to them and to try small changes between meetings.

She is mindful of financial and cultural pressures and brings a down-to-earth style to sessions. Her background informs a non-judgemental approach to different identities and life situations. People can expect direct conversation about practical steps as well as space to discuss difficult emotions.

For people who want clear tools, she uses evidence-informed ideas such as noticing unhelpful thinking, testing assumptions and practising new behaviours. If someone prefers to focus on meaning, she will open up questions about purpose, values and choices. The aim is to find what helps in day-to-day life and to build on small successes.

How Charleen uses different approaches in online sessions