Phaidra-Polyxeni (Xenia) Kaspar, NCPS

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It is often useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at recurring patterns in relationships and how early bonds influence current connections. It helps people understand why they react a certain way and try new, healthier ways of relating when intimacy or trust is difficult.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It can be helpful for sleep problems, anxiety, depression and managing everyday stress.

Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then choose or combine methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.

Online therapy with this practitioner offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow fuller conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions suit times with lower bandwidth or when a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or messages provide ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.