Christoper Schippers-Wakeling

Christoper Schippers-Wakeling is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. He helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and issues around intimacy and relationships. He aims to make the first step toward change feel achievable and straightforward for worried clients and carers.

He creates an open space where people can say what they think and feel without fear of judgement. Sessions focus on practical conversation and building small, useful changes that fit into everyday life. The tone is calm and encouraging, with attention to what a client wants to achieve.

Christoper also supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse, workplace stress, addiction concerns and difficulties with sleeping. He can talk through parenting strain, career questions, and concerns linked to sexuality or identity. Intellectual disability is listed among his focus areas and he is willing to consider how best to adapt work around that area.

His practice pays attention to patterns such as attachment, control issues, dissociation and impulsivity. He helps people manage panic and mood difficulties and to rebuild self-worth after shame or guilt. He describes his role as supportive and empowering rather than prescriptive.

Christoper is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. For people new to therapy he recommends taking things one step at a time and setting small, clear goals in early sessions.

How therapeutic methods translate to online work

Christoper draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building awareness of thoughts and behaviours and then practising alternatives. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try small behaviour changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach looks at emotional patterns in relationships and supports people to try different ways of connecting and setting boundaries.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before, and then suggest methods to try together. That plan can be reviewed and adjusted as work progresses.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time so people can use short breaks more easily. Online work can make it simpler to keep continuity of care when people move or travel. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, please confirm the current session options before booking.