- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Andrew
Andrew Higginbottom is a counsellor with three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and motivation issues. He also supports those coping with relationship and family concerns and with grief, trauma, or addiction-related difficulties.
Andrew believes each person knows their own story best. He looks for strengths a client already has and helps build practical steps from there. Taking the first step can feel daunting, so he aims to offer steady, straightforward support while you decide what to try.
Background and approach
In sessions he uses a mix of approaches that include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Attachment-Based techniques. That combination helps people learn new ways to respond to difficult thoughts and feelings while working on patterns in close relationships.
His work covers a wide range of concerns such as sleep and eating problems, intimacy-related issues, anger, ADHD, and coping with life changes. He also addresses areas like body image, blended family tensions, and caregiver stress when these are part of a person's current difficulties. Andrew works in English and sees people across the UK.
He offers different online session formats to fit varied needs. If someone wants to begin, he guides them through a short matching process and helps plan sessions that suit their schedule.
What Andrew works with
Everything Andrew lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Andrew helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
Approaches Andrew lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Andrew’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting pulled into them. It focuses on values and small actions that move a person toward a life they care about, which can help with anxiety, depression and motivation. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical strategies to test and change unhelpful patterns, useful for stress, sleep, eating and mood problems. Attachment-Based Therapy examines patterns in close relationships and how early experiences affect current connections, which can help with intimacy and family-related difficulties.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest approaches that fit. Together you will try methods, check what helps, and adjust the plan as needed so care matches your needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or want ongoing brief support between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy lives across the UK.
Questions people ask about Andrew
What kinds of problems does Andrew help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, relationship and family issues, and a broad range of other worries such as grief, addiction, sleep and eating problems.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Sessions are practical and collaborative, using straightforward techniques from approaches like ACT, CBT and attachment work to help people change unhelpful patterns and build new skills.
What experience does he have?
He has three years of professional experience working with adults on issues including self-esteem, motivation, trauma, and coping with life changes.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He is based in the United Kingdom and holds NCPS as the listed credential.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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