Andrew Armstrong, BACP

Andrew Armstrong is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has four years of professional experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression and anger. He also supports people dealing with relationship and family concerns and life transitions.

Andrew uses straightforward talking therapy to help people understand patterns that keep them stuck. He leans on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice thoughts and choose actions that matter to them. He also draws on attachment-focused ideas when relationship patterns are part of the problem.

Sessions aim to clarify what matters to each person and to build small, practical steps toward those goals. Conversations cover how feelings show up in daily life, what typically triggers intense reactions, and ways to respond differently. He uses client-centred techniques to keep the work collaborative and respectful of the person’s pace.

People may come for help with anger that appears at home or work, simmering resentment, or frustration that affects relationships. He also addresses related themes such as abandonment, control issues, communication problems and guilt. The work can include looking at family of origin patterns and how they shape current behaviour.

Andrew asks clients to take an active role in sessions and in between-session practice. He supports clients as they experiment with new responses and notice what changes. To begin, someone completes a short matching questionnaire and then books an initial session to set goals together.

How Andrew applies core therapies in online sessions