Edmund Britton, NCPS

Edmund Britton is a counsellor (NCPS) with five years' professional experience working online and in person. He helps people with anxiety, stress, low self-worth, relationship and intimacy difficulties, anger, addictions and trauma-related concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin and he works with people from various regions including the UK and internationally.

Edmund draws on straightforward, practical methods. He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try small, manageable changes. He also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centred approaches to look at how early relationships affect current patterns, and mindfulness techniques to calm racing thoughts.

In session he listens without judgement and encourages honest, direct conversation about what is worrying someone. He invites people to name what anger or resentment looks like in daily life and to try concrete experiments to see what helps reduce tension and improve communication. Work is paced to what feels doable rather than overwhelming.

Edmund is open about having worked through his own difficulties, and he uses that experience to normalise fears about being judged. He aims to keep sessions plain and practical, focused on steps someone can use between meetings. He suggests planning real-world practice and reviewing what worked and what didn’t.

He notes time-zone practicalities from living in China and tends to be better suited to people in the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, while morning appointments may fit UK or European clients. The first step is a short questionnaire and a scheduled first session to see how to proceed.

How his approaches work in online sessions