Christopher Macdonald

• Stress and anxiety
• Parenting and family
• CBT and ACT methods

About Christopher

Christopher Macdonald helps people with stress, anxiety, relationships, parenting concerns and self-esteem using person-centred methods and evidence-based therapies. He is BACP registered and has eight years' experience working in mental health settings across the UK.

He works directly with individual adults to talk through current problems and find practical ways to cope. Sessions focus on what matters to the client and use a mixture of approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, mindfulness and solution-focused steps when useful.

Christopher trained and began his career in an NHS mental health day centre and later worked for the charity Mind. That early work included developing Wellness Recovery Action Plans and supporting people to build steady coping strategies.

He has also volunteered with Place2Be providing counselling in primary schools, which shaped his understanding of how childhood experience affects later life. That background informs his work with adults and how he thinks about attachment, family issues and parenting stress.

In sessions he aims to listen without judgement and to help clients set clear, achievable goals. Practical tasks, simple behavioural experiments and mindfulness practice are used alongside talking to build skills for everyday life.

Christopher accepts international clients and runs his practice from the United Kingdom. He offers a straightforward process for getting started and works with people facing grief, trauma, relationship problems, sleep difficulties and long-term health challenges.

Therapeutic approaches for remote counselling

Christopher uses cognitive behavioural therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and test small changes in behaviour, which can be useful for stress, sleep problems and low mood. Acceptance and commitment therapy is used to help people notice difficult feelings and choose actions that fit their values rather than getting stuck avoiding discomfort.

He also draws on person-centred counselling, which focuses on listening and building a collaborative working relationship so clients can set their own goals. Finding the right method is part of the work; the therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and agree which approaches to try together.

Practical benefits of online counselling can include fitting sessions around work or family commitments and avoiding travel time. If you want to explore session formats, please confirm the current options before booking as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to maintain regular short sessions, use mindfulness exercises between meetings and bring practical tasks into day-to-day life.

Topics Christopher lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Parenting issues
• Self-esteem
• Coping with life changes
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Sleeping disorders
• Depression
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Divorce and separation
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Phobias
• Self-love
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Questions about Christopher

Does he work with anxiety?

Yes. He works with anxiety and related issues such as stress and sleep problems using practical techniques and talking therapy.

What kind of counselling does he offer?

He uses person-centred counselling alongside cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness and solution-focused methods.

How long has he been practising?

He has eight years of experience working in mental health settings including NHS day services and the charity sector.

Is he registered with a professional body in the UK?

Yes. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can sessions be in English for international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking as the biography does not specify which formats are currently offered.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I start working with him?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.