Colette Hutchison, BACP
Compassionate, practical counselling for parents and individuals
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- 4
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Colette
Colette Hutchison is a counsellor who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and the challenges of parenting. She offers straightforward, compassionate help for issues such as low self-esteem, career uncertainty, and coping with life changes. Colette also works with people affected by trauma and abuse, postpartum depression, and compassion fatigue.
She uses a person-centred way of working that focuses on listening carefully and building a trusting connection.
Background and approach
This approach aims to help people feel heard, accepted and able to consider what matters to them. Colette also draws on solution-focused methods to identify small, practical steps clients can try between sessions. Colette has four years of counselling experience and holds a BACP credential from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
She studied for an MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy and a BSc in Psychology and Counselling at the University of Strathclyde. Additional training includes listening skills from COSCA and suicide intervention skills from Public Health Scotland. Her background includes student counselling at the University of Glasgow and providing online support for a crisis counselling charity in Scotland.
She also offered listening services for staff and family members at Glasgow Royal Infirmary during the Covid-19 pandemic. Those experiences have shaped her calm, steady style. Colette aims to make sessions practical and conversational.
She helps people identify what they want to change, and works alongside them to try manageable steps. The focus is on small, realistic progress rather than quick fixes.
What Colette works with
Everything Colette lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Colette helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
Approaches Colette lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Colette's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy is about being listened to without judgement. The counsellor focuses on understanding where a person is coming from and creating a space to talk through feelings and choices. This approach can help with grief, low self-esteem, parenting strain and the emotional aftermath of trauma.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on finding practical steps that make a difference now. Sessions look for small, achievable goals and build on what already works in daily life. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, relationship issues and making gradual changes at home or work.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Colette treats this as a team effort and will discuss what feels most helpful for each person. She adapts the balance between listening and practical steps to match the client’s needs, goals and preferences.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options aim to make counselling more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
Questions people ask about Colette
What kinds of concerns does Colette help with?
Colette supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, and a range of trauma and abuse concerns. She also focuses on areas like postpartum depression, caregiver stress and blended family issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and listening-led, using person-centred counselling to help people feel heard and accepted. She also uses solution-focused techniques to identify small practical steps clients can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of counselling experience, including work in university counselling and crisis support settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
Colette holds BACP accreditation from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and circumstances.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and the subscription model used. Sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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