- Years in practice
- 12
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Colette
Colette Langridge is a counsellor who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, loss, relationship strains and parenting challenges. She has 12 years of professional experience and draws on a range of approaches to suit each person's needs. People often come to her feeling overwhelmed by grief, trauma, low self-esteem or major life changes.
Colette aims to provide a calm, respectful space to talk things through and work on practical steps forward.
Background and approach
She uses an integrative style that blends different methods rather than one fixed model. Sessions can include talking about past experiences and how they affect today, noticing how feelings show up in the body, and learning simple mindfulness skills for calmer thinking. Cognitive techniques are used when helpful to change unhelpful thinking patterns and reduce anxiety.
Colette has specific experience supporting people affected by sexualised trauma and relational abuse, gathered over several years in focused roles. That experience informs how she approaches safety, pacing and building trust in sessions. She also works with stress related to caregiving, chronic illness, workplace strain and compassion fatigue.
In practice she pays attention to attachment patterns and childhood influences when they help make sense of present difficulties. The therapeutic relationship is used as a place to practise different ways of relating and to build confidence. Colette holds the NCPS credential and is based in the United Kingdom, offering work in English.
Taking the first step can feel difficult and she aims to make initial contact straightforward. Sessions can focus on short-term coping strategies or longer term exploration depending on what each person needs.
What Colette works with
Everything Colette lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Colette helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Colette lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Colette’s approaches work online
Colette often draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand relationship patterns and why they feel or react the way they do. This can be useful for relationship worries, intimacy concerns and family-related stress. Client-centred work keeps the focus on the person’s own goals and pace, allowing sessions to follow what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioural techniques offer practical tools to spot and change unhelpful thoughts, which can ease anxiety and low mood.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process and will be decided together. The counsellor will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adjust the methods over time. This collaborative way aims to match techniques to the issue rather than using a single fixed method.
Online formats suit different needs and routines. Video calls let people work face to face without travel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quieter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter, more frequent contact or a way to reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments and to maintain continuity when travel or relocation occurs.
Questions people ask about Colette
What concerns can be addressed in sessions?
Colette works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and parenting-related strain among other concerns. She also supports people with issues such as intimacy, anger, self-esteem and career stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and practical. She blends talking therapies with mindfulness and body-aware techniques to suit each person's needs.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
She has 12 years of experience and several years of focused work supporting people who have experienced sexualised trauma and relational abuse. That background shapes how she approaches safety and pacing.
Where is Colette based and what are her credentials?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds the NCPS credential as listed in her profile.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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