About me
Hi, I’m Chris - an accredited, trauma trained therapist
If you’ve looked through counselling profiles already, you’ve probably noticed they all start to blur into one.
Everyone says they’re warm, understanding and here to help.
But when you’re anxious, overwhelmed, exhausted, stuck in the same relationship patterns, or carrying things from childhood you’ve never properly talked about … what you really want to know is:
“Will this person actually understand me?”
Which matters
Because therapy only works when you feel safe enough to be real
Not the version of you that keeps it together
Not the people-pleasing version
Not the high-functioning version everyone else sees.
The real you underneath the stress, overthinking, shutdown, anger, anxiety, guilt or exhaustion
That’s the work I help people do
Helping high-functioning people heal what’s underneath
Many of the people I work with grew up in difficult family environments
Sometimes obviously difficult, sometimes difficult in ways that are harder to explain
You may have learned to:
- Keep the peace
- Stay hyper aware of other people's moods
- Hide emotions
- Become overly independent
- Achieve to feel worthy
- Put everyone else first
- Struggle to say no
- Feel responsible for other people
- Constantly question yourself
- Not express any needs
And as an adult, you might now feel anxious, emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected, burnt out, stuck in unhealthy relationships, or frustrated that you keep reacting in ways you don’t fully understand or experience self sabotaging behaviours
Often, these patterns made sense at one time. They helped you cope.
But eventually survival mode becomes exhausting.
Therapy can help you understand why you feel the way you do - and more importantly, help things begin to feel different.
I specialise in:
- Dysfunctional family dynamics
- Childhood trauma
- Growing up with family addictions, mental health issues, domestic violence or abuse
- Growing up with emotionally immature, emotionally neglectful or emotionally unavailable parents
- Divorce - as an adult or child
- Experiencing step-parents and blended families - as an adult or child
- Anxiety and chronic stress
- Shame and self-worth struggles
- Relationship patterns and codependency
- Grief and loss including complex and ambiguous loss
- Feeling like a child in an adult’s body
- High-performing professionals and sports professionals
- Adolescents struggling with pressure, anxiety or emotional overwhelm
- I also work with people who look like they’re coping from the outside, but internally feel exhausted, numb, disconnected or constantly “on edge”
Down to earth, straightforward and easy to talk to, I will actively work alongside you to help you understand what’s happening emotionally, mentally and physically - in ways that actually make sense in real life, not just therapy language
You lead, and I'll follow, but I also won’t sit silently nodding while you struggle on your own. You're here for a reason, and I may gently challenge some ways of thinking, and I equally welcome pushback, telling me if I've not got it, not quite understood things or if it doesn't feel like this for you
Together we build safety first
That might mean slowing things down, helping you manage any overwhelm, understanding your nervous system responses, or making sense of reactions that currently feel confusing or frustrating
There’s no judgement here for the ways you’ve coped, what helped you survive growing up may now be the very thing keeping you stuck. Even behaviours you may dislike in yourself would have began as a way to self protect
You do not need to have everything worked out before starting therapy
You also don’t need to be “in crisis” to deserve support
Often people come because they’re tired of surviving
Tired of always feeling anxious, repeating the same patterns, overthinking, carrying everything alone or of feeling like they have to hold it together all the time.
Things can change.
And you don’t have to do that work alone.
How I Work
My approach is trauma-informed, relational and tailored to you
I draw from modes such as
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Transactional Analysis
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Person Centred Therapy
Trauma informed stabilization treatment (TIST)
Polyvagal informed work
You do not need to understand any of these terms for therapy to work
My job is to understand what you want from counselling, understand you, and then work together within our therapeutic relationship to support you in achieving the changes you want to make
I offer both short and longerterm counselling depending on what you need.
Sessions are available:
In person in Amersham
Easily accessible from
The Chilterns, Watford, Slough, Uxbridge, High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Berkhamstead
Online across the UK
What Next?
Finding the right therapist is important.
You need someone you can connect with, feel safe with, and trust to help you move forward.
If something in this profile resonates with you, feel free to get in touch for an intro call.
We can talk about what’s been going on and whether working together feels like the right fit.
If you'd like to explore how I can help you Please call or text 07903 678847 or email info@crbcounselling.co.uk
More information can be found at www.crbcounselling.co.uk or https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisboobier/
Training, qualifications & experience
- BSc Hons Psychology & Sociology 1997
- Level 4 Diploma in Counselling 2009
- Advanced Diploma in Child Psychology 2020
- Online and Telephone Counselling Certificate 2020
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) 2022
- Level 7 Post Graduate Diploma in Trauma Therapy 2025
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT ) Training Level 1 and 2 2025
- Accredited Professional member of The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) 2023
- Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
In addition to my counselling qualifications, I am committed to ongoing personal and professional development and attend and participate in training and personal development groups.
Training includes: Child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation (CSE and CCE), sexual abuse, bereavement and loss, working with self-harm and suicidal ideation, adverse childhood experiences (ACE’s), trauma, relational trauma, bereavement & loss.
Prior to becoming a full-time Counsellor I worked in Corporate recruitment and have experience of work stress, employment issues, career counselling & career changes.
Practice experience includes supporting adults and adolescents in:
- Private practice,
- Youth agency,
- Children's charity supporting children and families at risk of CSE and CCE,
- Sporting charity supporting professional sportspeople,
- Bereavement charity,
- Education
- Online digital mental health organisation
- Employment services on behalf of DWP
- Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP)
- Private Health Care
- Work place counselling
- Critical incident support
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Dysfunctional families, relational trauma, generational trauma, parentification, codependency, enmeshment, lack of identity and not knowing who you are, unknown biological parent/s (not adoption), estranged family members, complicated bereavement due to family complexity,
Fees
£85.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Free initial telephone consultation
Under 18 1 hour initial first assessment - £50.00
Weekly counselling sessions held at the same time for 50 minutes - from £85.00
Further information
I work with young people aged 13+ and adults
I do not have wheel chair access to my practice (but can offer online support)
I do not have a waiting area and ask you to arrive on time and not before.
Off street easy parking available.
Online counselling available nationwide.
