Chris Murrell
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About me
📍 In-person (Bromley BR1 in SE London) & Online UK wide
📆 30 minutes consultation session, in-person , online or by phone.
🟢 BACP Registered Member, qualified with a Masters degree (BACP accredited)
🟢 Working with people from age 17+
🟢 Fees £85 per session
🟢 more info visit my website here
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Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to turn?
Life can sometimes feel overwhelming, confusing, or disconnected. You might be navigating anxiety, low mood, questions around identity, burnout, or the impact of past experiences, all while trying to manage the pressures of daily life. In our work together, you’ll find a calm space where you can pause, reflect, and begin to reconnect with yourself.
Whether this is your first time in therapy or you’ve been before, my approach is different. I offer a thoughtful, integrative blend of psychotherapy and coaching, tailored to your needs and with a pace that feels right for you. My approach, known as Personal Consultancy, enables us to explore emotional patterns from the past, make sense of the present, and shape the direction of your future. This isn’t about quick fixes, it’s about lasting transformation.
What to expect from working with me:
- A collaborative, respectful space centred on your growth
- Honest dialogue built on trust
- Tools, insight, and strategies tailored to you
- A balance of deep exploration and practical direction
We’ll use therapy to understand what’s shaped you, and coaching to help you move forward with purpose. Think of our work as a journey, you hold the compass, I hold the map. The work is collaborative, not something done to you, but something we create together.
As a Therapist-Coach, I’m here to support you in becoming grounded, confident, and fully yourself. I bring warmth, attentiveness and curiosity to our sessions, and I aim to support you in reconnecting with your values, strengths and inner clarity. A space that brings together emotional depth, creativity, and personal growth.
Areas I work with include:
- Anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, addiction, stress, trauma
- Relationship difficulties, family issues,
- LGBTQ+ and identity exploration, alternative relationships, open relationships
- OCD, BPD/USPD,
- Life/career transitions.
A bit about me:
I volunteered at CGL/BDAS Bromley, supporting individuals in recovery from addiction until recently. As a previous career, I also spent 13 years in software engineering, including leading high-performance teams.
When I’m not working, you’ll likely find me swimming or cycling.
I also lead research into effective therapy and coaching with UK universities and the BACP, continually growing in how I support clients.
Let’s connect. Change is possible. You don’t have to do this alone.
Check out my website for more information about me and my approach. Click here.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications & Research
- Masters Degree (Level 7) - MSc Integrative Counselling & Coaching
- University of East London
- Research - Personal characteristics of a therapist-coach & impacts to client outcomes
- Post Graduate Diploma Degree (Level 7) - PGDip Integrative Counselling & Coaching
- BACP Accredited training
- University of East London
- Personal Consultancy - integrating Counselling & Psychotherapy with Coaching
- Clinical placement
- BSc Hons Computer Science
- CPCAB Level 2 & 3 Counselling Skills
BACP Research
- Therapeutic Coaching - The methods of therapist-coaches for integration & formulation with client work
Types of Therapy & Coaching I'm trained within
- Therapy
- Person Centred, Psychodynamics, Existential Therapy, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, CBT, ACT, Solution Focused Therapy
- Coaching
- Positive Psychology, Dexter & Dexter, GROW, Egan, Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), Solution Focused Coaching, Behavioural Coaching, Existential Coaching
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- LGBT+
- Open relationships
- alternative relationship dynamics LGBT+
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 - £100.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Fees are £85 per session
- Limited reduced fees offered based on personal circumstances £50-£85. Ask for more information.
- Young People - 17+
- Adults 18+
- Older adults
When I work
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- In-person Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays.
- Online at various times Mon-Fri
- Ad-hoc in-person & online Saturday 9AM-12PM
Further information
I offer a 30 minute phone call or in-person session. Where you can share some further details for reaching out and we can get to know each other a little more to see if we can work together going forward.
