Tim Aitchison, BACP

Tim Aitchison is a counsellor who focuses on helping people reconnect with their sense of self-worth. He writes plainly about emotions and aims to make sessions feel straightforward and human. He invites people who feel overwhelmed, anxious, grieving or stuck to take time for themselves and talk things through. Tim uses his own experience of seeking help to inform a warm, down-to-earth approach.

Tim has four years' experience working with a wide range of concerns. He has supported people facing emotional difficulties and serious physical health problems. He has worked with people dealing with grief and loss and with some emergency service staff who were recovering from traumatic events. He has also worked with adults who have experienced abuse and with men seeking to change harmful behaviours.

His practice is rooted in client-centred values that prioritise listening and acceptance. That means sessions start with the person, their story and their goals rather than a fixed programme. He also draws on trauma-focused work when past events are affecting day-to-day life, and on motivational techniques to help people make concrete changes.

Tim is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and follows its ethical framework. He aims to build a collaborative relationship where decisions about therapy are shared and reviewed regularly. He encourages small, practical steps that fit with each person's life.

People interested in support are asked to use the site Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to begin the process.

How Tim’s approaches work in online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship by listening, reflecting and accepting a person’s experience. It helps people feel heard and seen, which can reduce shame and increase self-understanding.

Trauma-Focused Therapy looks at how past events affect current feelings and reactions. Work is paced to the individual and aims to help people notice patterns and develop safer ways of coping with distressing memories.

Motivational Interviewing is a practical, conversational method to support change. It helps people clarify what they want to do differently and boosts the confidence to take small steps towards those goals.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person's needs, goals and preferences and will review progress together over time.

The original profile does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, for example by reducing travel time, enabling shorter check-ins during a lunch break or offering sessions when travel is difficult due to health reasons. Therapists and registered or accredited professionals commonly adapt their methods to suit video or phone sessions and to focus on practical steps that are possible between appointments.