Colette Langridge, NCPS

Colette Langridge is a counsellor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief and relationship concerns. She also supports people facing parenting strain, intimacy issues, anger, low self-esteem, career questions and the practical challenges of living with long-term health problems. Colette uses a calm, listening approach to make it easier to talk about hard things.

Colette qualified in 2012 and has 12 years of experience. She has over six years of focused work supporting people who have experienced sexualised trauma and abuse. In one-to-one sessions she has worked with people affected by relational trauma, childhood abuse, sexual violence and conditions such as anxiety, depression, PTSD and complex PTSD.

Her style is integrative. Sessions might draw on psychodynamic ideas about early life and attachment, and on client-centred ways of making space for the person in front of her. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques are used when helpful to change patterns of thinking and behaviour.

Colette also pays attention to the body. Somatic or sensorimotor techniques and mindfulness exercises are offered to help with symptoms that feel held in the body. She aims to build steady coping skills that people can use between sessions.

People who meet Colette can expect a respectful, non-judgemental space to talk through problems. She works collaboratively, helping each person find practical steps that match their needs and goals.

How approach and online work come together

Colette draws on Attachment-Based ideas and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to support people remotely. Attachment-Based approaches look at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and are useful for intimacy and attachment worries. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small changes in behaviour to reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Colette treats this as a collaborative process and will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs to decide which methods suit each person. That might mean combining attachment-focused discussion with short CBT exercises or adding mindfulness and body-aware techniques where they help.

The original profile does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins or making it possible to join from a quieter room at work or home. Working remotely also lets people keep momentum between appointments and practise new skills in everyday settings.