Christine McInnes , BACP

Christine McInnes works from a strengths-based view that trusts each person already carries the resources they need to face life’s difficulties. She guides clients toward greater self-acceptance and authenticity, helping them acknowledge and embrace the full range of who they are so they can step into more confident and resilient ways of living.

Her approach emphasizes the wholeness of the individual - recognising that genuine healing often begins when people stop hiding parts of themselves and start exploring them with curiosity and compassion. Christine supports clients in unlocking personal creativity, inner strength, and practical wisdom so they can pursue meaningful goals and improved relationships.

As a BACP registered counsellor Christine practices in the United Kingdom. BACP indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. She has experience working with addictions, relationship difficulties, family conflicts, and trauma and abuse, and she welcomes conversations with people who feel her style might suit them.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Christine draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust. This approach helps people understand attachment issues, abandonment concerns, and family of origin dynamics so they can build more secure relationships and feel steadier in close connections.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support people who are ambivalent about change, including those working with drug and alcohol addiction. This collaborative, goal-focused method helps clients find their own reasons for change and develop practical steps toward recovery.

Trauma-Focused Therapy is used when difficult or traumatic experiences are central to a person's distress. This approach aims to gently process past events and reduce their ongoing impact, supporting healing from abuse, loss, and other traumatic stressors.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. Christine and each client collaborate to identify which methods best suit the client’s goals, needs, and preferences, and they adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions suit those who prefer voice contact, and live chat or text-based messaging provides shorter, on-the-go options. These formats make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into busy lives while allowing clients to work with licensed professionals from different locations.