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Collette Duffin

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Collette Duffin

United Kingdom

Understanding therapist for men's wellbeing

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  • Practical coping skills
  • Calm listening style
  • Goal focused support

About Collette

Collette Duffin is a counsellor who focuses on men’s wellbeing and personal growth. She offers a calm, welcoming space where people can talk about anxiety, stress, relationship strains and low self-esteem. Collette aims to help clients find practical ways to cope and move forward when life feels overwhelming.

She uses an individualised approach that draws on cognitive and emotional methods. Conversations typically include skill-building, straightforward psychoeducation and practical tools to manage difficult feelings. Collette also works with grief, trauma and anger, and supports people facing major life changes such as separation or caregiving pressures.

Collette holds NCPS as a listed credential and brings six years of experience in therapy and personal development. Her own journey through anxiety, trauma and self-esteem challenges informs a down-to-earth style. Clients can expect a therapist who listens without judgement and focuses on actionable steps.

Sessions combine talking, reflecting and simple exercises to test what helps between meetings. Collette often uses mindfulness, acceptance strategies and emotion-focused work alongside cognitive techniques. The aim is to help people build skills they can use in everyday life.

If someone is thinking about starting therapy, Collette encourages a short initial process to match goals and preferences. She supports people who want both coaching-style direction and therapeutic exploration, depending on what they need.

Approaches that translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and focus on what matters to them. It often uses exercises to identify values and take small committed actions towards them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on emotions and connection, helping people name feelings and change unhelpful emotional responses in relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Collette will talk with a client about problems, goals and preferences, and together they will try approaches that fit the person’s needs. That way the work stays practical and grounded in what the person wants to change.

The practical benefits of working online should be confirmed before booking, as session formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people try techniques such as mindfulness exercises or thought-recording worksheets together in the session and then practise them between meetings.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Credentials

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns can Collette help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma-related issues, along with relationship and intimacy concerns and self-esteem difficulties.

How would she describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is warm and problem-focused, combining listening with practical skills, mindfulness and emotion-focused work to help people manage feelings and solve problems.

What is her professional background?

Collette has six years of experience in therapy and personal development and draws on that background to offer individualised support.

What credentials and location are listed?

She lists NCPS as a credential and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people from other countries work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions organised and what do they cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with Collette?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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