Charlie Bassett , BACP

Charlie Bassett brings 25 years of clinical experience to his practice, offering steady support and practical skills to people facing a wide range of emotional difficulties. He frames counselling as a collaborative journey - accompanying clients as they explore sources of pain and learning concrete techniques to reduce distress and rebuild hope. He aims to guide people back toward the potential and purpose they may have lost sight of, helping them move from surviving to greater emotional wellbeing.

Charlie places significant emphasis on a person-centered approach, believing that unconditional acceptance and deep empathy create the safest environment for honest exploration. He also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and challenge unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns, then practice realistic, skills-based changes. In addition he uses schema-focused work to uncover and address long-standing core beliefs that shape self-definition and relationships.

His professional background includes work with children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional difficulties, leadership of drug court and community sentencing programs, facilitation of a domestic violence perpetrator program, service as a clinical director of a private counselling agency in Oklahoma, clinical work on an acute adolescent hospital unit, and work with adults in intensive outpatient day treatment. Previously a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oklahoma, he is now a registered member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom.