Collette Duffin
Practical therapy for stress, relationships and growth
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About Collette
Collette Duffin offers practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and major life changes. She speaks plainly and aims to help people notice small shifts that make daily life easier. Collette uses her experience to help people move from feeling stuck to managing problems more effectively.
She draws on six years working in therapy and related personal development. Collette uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) and Client-Centred Therapy to shape sessions.
Background and approach
That means sessions often include skills practice, noticing unhelpful thoughts, and exploring values and emotions. Collette works with people dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, anger and depression. She also supports those coping with adoption and foster care matters, blended family stresses, caregiver strain, cancer, codependency, communication and control issues, divorce and separation, and family of origin problems.
Her style is warm and welcoming, with an emphasis on learning clear skills and practical steps. She offers psychoeducation alongside conversation so people can try different ways of managing between sessions. Sessions aim to be collaborative, with goals agreed together.
Collette is registered NCPS. She practises in the United Kingdom and runs work that blends therapeutic listening with coaching for real-life change. If someone wants to explore whether this approach fits, they can begin the simple matching process to arrange a first meeting.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 6
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS16-03513
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Collette's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Collette works with
Everything Collette lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility 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
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Collette lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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How Collette works online
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Collette will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods together to see what helps. That collaborative process means the plan can change as a person learns more about what works for them.
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people practise skills in the setting where real-life problems happen, so work between sessions can feel immediately relevant.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Collette commonly help with?
She supports people managing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, low self-esteem, grief, anger and depression, plus trauma and abuse.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is practical and collaborative, mixing skills practice, talking through feelings and learning simple techniques to manage everyday challenges.
What is her professional background?
Collette has six years of experience working in therapy and personal development settings and combines coaching-style work with therapeutic practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds NCPS and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time; specific cost details vary with location and therapist availability.
How do I begin working with Collette?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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