Cristina Lorefice, BACP

Cristina Lorefice is a counsellor with 16 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, eating concerns and low self-esteem. She speaks English and Italian and works with people from the United Kingdom and internationally. Her manner is warm and practical, aiming to make the first steps feel manageable for someone under pressure.

Cristina uses a flexible blend of approaches to suit each person's needs. Sessions focus on everyday problems and realistic changes. She listens first, then helps shape short-term goals and coping strategies that fit the client's life.

Her background includes many years supporting people with depression, relationship challenges, domestic violence, addiction and body image issues, as well as long-term health concerns such as cancer and caregiver stress. That range means she is used to working with complex emotional responses and practical strain.

In therapy Cristina draws on client-centred talking, cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness practices to help people notice patterns and try new responses. She also uses existential questions to help people find meaning, and relationship work to improve communication where needed.

Cristina describes her approach as sensitive and compassionate. She will tailor conversations and the plan to each person's situation. To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions according to her availability via the Start Therapy pathway.

How Cristina applies approaches to online counselling

Client-centred work places the person and their experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens with curiosity, reflects what she hears and helps the client decide what to focus on next. This approach is useful for people who want a supportive space to talk through difficult feelings and make their own choices.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and tests small changes to see if they lead to feeling better. CBT-style tasks can help with anxiety, low mood and stress by giving practical tools to use between conversations.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cristina will work together with the client to match methods to their needs, goals and preferences. That may mean combining talking, mindfulness exercises and practical CBT techniques over several sessions.

For online work, please confirm the session formats offered before booking as the biography does not list specific options. Many people find remote counselling helps fit therapy into busy lives - it can make it easier to attend from different locations, reduce travel time and allow brief check-ins between other commitments. Some formats need less bandwidth or camera time, while others suit longer in-depth conversations, so format choices can be matched to practical needs rather than clinical outcome.