Christine Gerstenberger, BACP

Christine Gerstenberger is a UK counsellor with five years of practice helping people manage everyday worries and bigger life shifts. She focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that get in the way of feeling calmer and more capable. Christine aims to create a respectful, sensitive space for people to talk through what matters most to them.

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, low self‑esteem, grief and anger. Christine also supports people dealing with ADHD, mood disorders, obsessive or panic symptoms, sleep and eating difficulties, and career or relationship stress. Her background includes work with attachment issues and communication challenges as well.

Christine draws on a mix of approaches to suit each person. She uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and small steps. Client‑centred listening and attachment‑aware thinking shape how she responds in sessions.

In practice she helps people notice daily habits and thought patterns and then tries simpler, practical changes. Sessions often include talking things through, trying new ways of responding, and setting straightforward, manageable goals. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Her BACP accreditation means she works within professional standards in the UK. Sessions are offered in English and Christine asks people to use the service matching process to begin. If you want to explore how thoughts and everyday habits relate to your life, she can help you plan the next steps.

How Christine’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose small values‑based actions anyway. It suits people trying to move past rumination, low motivation or uncertainty about life direction. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and testing unhelpful thoughts and habits, with practical exercises that can be done between sessions to reduce anxiety and depressive patterns. Attachment‑based ideas shape how the counsellor listens and responds, helping people understand relationship patterns and how they affect feelings and behaviour.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christine will discuss your goals and preferences and try methods that fit your needs. That collaborative process means you can test what helps and adapt the plan as you go.

The therapist biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the options available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check‑in meetings when needed. They also let people work on practical homework between appointments and maintain continuity of care when routines change.