Counsellor profile
Charnė Buissinne, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and parenting focus
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting concerns
- Trauma informed methods
About Charnė
Charn9e Buissinne is a BACP counsellor with nine years of professional practice in the UK and South Africa. She has worked in private practice, hospitals and GP surgeries, educational settings, addiction recovery programmes and the criminal justice system. She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, trauma and a wide range of relationship and parenting concerns.
She uses practical talking therapy rather than jargon. Sessions focus on what is happening now, what patterns are getting in the way, and small changes that can make daily life easier. She draws on client-centred work to follow what matters most to each person. Cognitive behavioural ideas are used to spot unhelpful thinking and test new ways of behaving.
Charn9e also works with emotion-focused approaches to help people understand and shift painful feelings. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used when someone needs help with change, such as in recovery from substance use or when tackling behaviour that keeps causing problems.
She commonly sees people dealing with parenting strain, blended family issues, attachment and abandonment worries, eating and body-image concerns, and work-related stress. She also supports people facing bereavement, relationship breakdown, and complex grief responses.
Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans. The BACP credential is listed as supplied. For international arrangements she does not take clients outside the UK, so check session options before booking.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches used and how online sessions work
Charn9e uses client-centred therapy, which focuses on listening, understanding each person's priorities, and shaping sessions around what matters most to them. This approach helps when someone needs a sense of being heard and wants to work through personal concerns at their own pace.She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT. CBT helps spot patterns of thinking that keep problems going and tests small behaviour changes to reduce anxiety, low mood or unhelpful habits. Emotion-focused work is used to name and process difficult feelings so they lose some of their grip.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Charn9e will discuss what seems most useful based on a person's goals and preferences, and she adapts techniques as the sessions progress. The decision is collaborative rather than fixed in advance.
Session formats are not detailed in the supplied profile, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find remote sessions fit into busy family lives because they remove travel time and can be scheduled around work or childcare. Shorter check-ins can be arranged when a quick review is needed, and a focus on specific skills or steps can help someone make steady progress between sessions.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Afrikaans
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, trauma, depression and relationship and parenting concerns as listed in her profile.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She uses client-centred listening alongside CBT, emotionally-focused techniques and solution-focused tools to address feelings and practical problems.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working in a range of settings in the UK and South Africa.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
The profile lists BACP. She practises from the United Kingdom according to the provided information.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans.
Can she work with clients outside the UK?
She does not accept international clients at this time, so work is limited to arrangements within the UK.
How are sessions arranged and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, as described in the profile.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.