Christine McInnes

• Addictions
• Attachment work
• Trauma focus

About Christine

Christine McInnes works with people facing addictions, relationship strain, family difficulties, trauma and abuse, and grief. She uses a person-centred approach that encourages self-acceptance and honesty. Christine is a BACP member and has five years' experience working with these concerns in the United Kingdom.

Christine helps people notice and use their own strengths. She asks practical questions and listens for the stories that matter most. Sessions focus on recognising patterns, understanding attachment, and building clearer ways of relating to others.

Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas and psychodynamic thinking to look at how early relationships shape present behaviour. She also uses client-centred techniques to follow what each person brings and motivational interviewing to support change in areas like drug and alcohol use.

Sessions are conversational and paced to each person's needs. Christine encourages self-reflection and steady steps towards agreed goals. She works with issues such as abandonment, codependency, communication problems, control issues, and commitment worries.

She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, cancer, fertility difficulties, caregiver stress, family of origin problems, divorce and separation, and grief. Christine offers help to people who feel empty or stuck and to those coping with drug and alcohol addiction.

If her way of working sounds like a fit, the next step is to use the service matching process and arrange an initial session to see how to proceed together.

Approaches used in online counselling and practical notes

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current patterns. It helps when trust, closeness or repeating relationship problems are causing distress. Client-centred counselling centres the person's own perspective and experience, with the counsellor following what the person brings and helping them make their own sense of things. Motivational interviewing supports people who are thinking about change, such as reducing substance use or improving health-related behaviours.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Christine will discuss methods and decide together which fits best with the person's needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and may shift as progress is made.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online counselling can help fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins if needed. It also makes it easier to continue work when life circumstances change, while keeping the focus on practical aims and the therapeutic approaches described above.

Topics Christine lists

• Addictions
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Divorce and separation
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fertility issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Infidelity
• Intellectual disability
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Narcissism
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Post-traumatic stress
• Process addictions
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Christine

Does she work with addiction problems?

Yes. She lists drug and alcohol addiction among her areas of practice and uses motivational interviewing to help people consider and make changes.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses client-centred practice alongside attachment-based, psychodynamic and trauma-focused approaches to support reflection and change.

How much experience does she have?

Christine has five years' experience working with the listed concerns in the United Kingdom.

Is she accredited and where does she practise?

She is a BACP member and works in the United Kingdom.

What languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

Yes. The biography states she accepts international clients.

How are sessions arranged and what formats are available?

Confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify formats; the listing process asks you to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.