Debra Basham, BACP

She built a successful corporate career spanning more than twenty years, earning recognition for leadership, coaching and employee development along the way. Her achievements include being named in Insider Business Magazine's Inaugural Women of Influence in 2015 and receiving awards for work supporting employees, such as a European Call Centre Award. Her professional life has taken her around the world, with experience working in places including America, India and Australia, and she became known for mentoring and coaching colleagues at many levels.

After a series of life-changing events, she chose to change direction and committed to three years of university study to retrain as a coach and counsellor. She qualified with a focus on career and life coaching and person centred counselling, and she combines corporate insight with therapeutic training to support people facing transitions, relationship challenges, grief and issues such as stress, anxiety and self-esteem. She has served as a mental health champion in a corporate setting and volunteered as a cruise grief volunteer, continuing to draw on both coaching and counselling skills in her work.

She is a member of the Association of coaching, the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) - the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK. She brings five years of experience as a practising coach and counsellor and works with clients on career, family, relationship and life-change topics.

How Client-Centered, Motivational and Solution-Focused Work Translates Online

Client-Centered Therapy places the client at the heart of the process, offering empathetic listening and support so individuals can explore feelings and personal values - it is useful for issues like grief, self-esteem and relationship concerns. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, strengths-based method that helps people resolve ambivalence and find internal motivation for change - it often supports work around career transitions, coping with life changes and behaviour shifts. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying practical steps and existing strengths to create forward movement, making it well suited to clients seeking short-term, goal-oriented support.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. Debra works collaboratively with clients and with registered professionals when needed to determine which combination of approaches best fits a person’s needs, goals and preferences, adapting as progress unfolds.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging makes that collaborative process more accessible by offering flexible scheduling and multiple ways to communicate. These options let clients engage from wherever they are, choose the format that feels most comfortable, and fit sessions around work, family and travel commitments while continuing steady progress.