Charlotte Houghton, BACP

Charlotte Houghton is a United Kingdom based counsellor trained in client-centered counselling and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She holds BACP credentials - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and brings a direct, clear communication style that many clients find easy to follow. Her approach blends openness and warmth with straightforward language, using humour and visual metaphors when helpful to make complex feelings more understandable.

Charlotte is warm, non-judgemental and meets people where they are, supporting them to explore difficult thoughts and emotions without telling them what to do. Her practice is shaped by experience working with bereavement after suicide and sudden death, where kindness, clear questions and gentle confrontation of underlying feelings can help people move toward acceptance and clearer decision making. She also explores links between adult patterns and childhood experiences to increase awareness and create options for change.

She has worked with people in the early weeks after sudden loss, those living with long-term medical diagnoses such as MS, and with families affected by autism and ADHD - including lived experience of a family member with autism and ADHD. Charlotte has a particular interest in parenting and the journey to parenthood and has supported neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+ and non-binary clients, people from many religious and non-religious backgrounds, and clients whose first language is not English. Her practice is available to people aged 18 and over.

Charlotte offers flexible contact options, including email correspondence and worksheets outside session times for email-only clients, evening live sessions starting at 7pm a few nights a week, and daytime appointments on Monday and Thursday. She aims to empower clients to make decisions that support a more fulfilling life and is ready to support those prepared to take the first step.