Jeff Compton, NCPS

NCPS. 46 years' experience. Based in the United Kingdom, Jeff Compton works with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, depression, anxiety, stress and addictions. He also supports people with grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder and coping with life changes. Jeff lists additional focus areas including abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, and communication problems.

Jeff uses a mix of approaches in session. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. Sessions proceed as a conversation about what is causing difficulty now and what practical steps could help. He aims to work respectfully and with sensitivity, shaping the dialogue to each person's situation.

People often come feeling stuck after trying different ways to solve problems. Jeff describes therapy as a chance to unpick those difficulties and find alternative ways forward. He also has experience working with people who have carried out difficult behaviours and with those affected by them.

Jeff notes that starting counselling can take courage and acknowledges that first step. His approach is straightforward and task-focused while attending to personal experience and relationships.

Background and approach detail: Jeff has practised for many decades and brings long experience to sessions. He focuses on improving communication, addressing attachment patterns, reducing distressing symptoms and developing coping strategies. He uses conversational techniques alongside structured interventions from cognitive and behavioural models. Sessions aim to be practical and focused on change over time.

Therapeutic approaches used for online counselling