- Years in practice
- 25
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Eating disorders
About Geraldine
Geraldine Noel-Duke offers practical help for common and painful concerns. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges and eating or body-image problems. She also helps with trauma and abuse, sleeping difficulties, anger, low self-esteem and coping with life changes.
Geraldine is BACP-registered and draws on 25 years of practice experience in the UK and internationally. Her style is grounded and person-centred. Sessions aim to make sense of what is happening now and find small, doable steps forward.
Background and approach
She uses straightforward conversation alongside techniques from evidence-informed approaches to shift patterns that cause distress. Geraldine has a background in therapeutic services, social care, education and youth work. She has worked for organisations and in independent practice, and has spent many years offering career and wellness coaching alongside psychotherapy.
Her work blends Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy with practical coaching and motivational interview techniques. This mix is adapted to each person rather than applied the same way to everyone. People can expect a focus on building coping skills, improving communication and addressing unhelpful thoughts or behaviours.
Parenting concerns are an explicit area of focus, and sessions often include concrete strategies parents can try between meetings. Geraldine offers evening appointments and some Friday afternoons. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging for people in the United Kingdom.
What Geraldine works with
Everything Geraldine lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Geraldine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Geraldine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Geraldine's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on values and small actions that create a more meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, low mood and parenting strain.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current bonds and communication. It can be useful for people dealing with relationship difficulties, insecurity or repeated patterns that affect parenting and intimacy.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. Geraldine will discuss goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first, then adapt as work continues. That collaborative planning helps make sessions feel relevant and manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video suits in-depth conversations and visual cues, while phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit around busy schedules. Live chat or messaging can work for short check-ins, practical coaching and quick follow-ups between longer sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into family life and work commitments.
Questions people ask about Geraldine
What concerns does Geraldine help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma, plus parenting, relationship and eating or body-image issues. Other areas include grief, sleeping problems, anger and self-esteem.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is warm and practical, focusing on clear steps you can try between sessions. Conversations are person-centred and aimed at solving current problems.
How long has she been practicing?
Geraldine has 25 years of experience working in therapy, social care and education, both in the UK and internationally.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with Geraldine?
International clients are not currently accepted; her practice serves people in the United Kingdom.
What session formats does she use and what do they cost?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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