Charlie Bassett

Charlie Bassett has 25 years of experience offering support, guidance and practical skills to people facing the difficulties and struggles that occur in life. He views counselling as a journey - walking alongside individuals to explore the sources of emotional pain and to help them rediscover the potential they may have lost sight of. Counselling, for him, is about renewing hope that healing is possible and that better days can lie ahead.

Each session is grounded in a person-centred approach that emphasises unconditional acceptance and deep empathy as the basis for a safe, open environment in which concerns can be explored. He also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help clients identify and challenge unhelpful thinking and unproductive patterns of behaviour, and to learn practical techniques that support recovery and change. In addition, Schema Therapy is used to examine unhealthy core beliefs that can shape a person’s sense of self and influence their relationships.

His professional background includes work with children and teenagers who have behavioural and emotional difficulties, leading court-referred drug court and community sentencing programmes, and facilitating a programme for domestic violence perpetrators. He has served as a clinical director of a private counselling agency in Oklahoma.

More recently, Charlie worked in a hospital setting on an acute adolescent unit and most recently provided treatment to adults in an intensive outpatient day programme. These roles have informed his practical, skills-based approach to therapy.

Previously licensed as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Oklahoma - a qualification required to practise counselling under state oversight - he is now a registered member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.