Chris Murrell
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About me
🟢In-person (Bromley BR1 in SE London) & Online UK wide
🟢Free 30 minutes consultation 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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Are you feeling overwhelmed, low, stuck, or uncertain? Perhaps you’re caught in repeating patterns, looping negative thoughts, anxiety without cause, relationship struggles, feeling misunderstood by others, having difficult memories from the past or confusion on what the future holds.
Whether it’s your first time seeking therapy or you've tried before, my approach is unique—holistic, forward-thinking, and future-oriented. Offering a supportive space that allows you to explore the past, understand the present, and shape your future.
Lasting change is challenging, and traditional therapy can feel overwhelming. Techniques may lack long-term impact, leaving you confused, unchallenged. Insights might feel unclear or overwhelming, and the therapist may seem distant or not aligned with you. Leaving you in struggling to achieve balance and overcome your issues in the long run.
My approach is relational with a unique blend from different forms of Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Coaching through the Personal Consultancy method.
This collaborative method holds four core values:
- Centres on you and your desire for progress, overcoming life’s obstacles and internal conflicts.
- A working relationship between me and you that is respectful and generative.
- Openness and honesty that goes both ways, built on trust.
- Practical tools, purposeful insights and meaningful direction that's aligned to you.
We can use therapy to explore your past and present, while using coaching to focus on shaping your future.
Guiding you to move from A-B, together, we’ll move from insight to transformation, helping you become rebalanced within yourself and empowered to generate and action changes.
As a Therapist-Coach, I believe everyone can lead a fulfilling life. My role is to help you find your path forward and become empowered within yourself.
Think of our work as a journey— you hold the compass, and I hold the map. I will listen deeply, remain beside you, where you can express yourself, gently challenge your assumptions, offer an alternative perspective and guide you to uncover your strengths, answers, and solutions.
I’m open to working with whatever you bring. My experience includes:
- Anxiety Depression Addiction Compulsions Stress Burnout OCD Trauma Dissociation Family issues Relationship issues PTSD BPD / USPD
- Low self-esteem Low-moods Low-confidence Career and Life changes
- LGBTQ+ Gay subcultures Open relationships Alternative relationship dynamics Sex HIV/AIDS
Somethings about me
I volunteered at CGL/BDAS Bromley till recently, providing Counselling to individuals struggling with addiction.
Before becoming a Therapist-Coach, I spent 13 years in Software Engineering, and a few years of that working as head of department. Giving me an understanding to the pressures of high-performance environments.
I like to take time out throughout the week to hit the pool and swim, I try to bike where ever possible.
Currently, I lead research into effective therapy and coaching with UK universities and the BACP. Further allowing me to develop my skills in supporting you.
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
£85.00 - £100.00
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- Fees are £85 per session
- Limited reduced fees offered based on personal circumstances £45-£85. Ask for more information.
- Young People - 17+
- Adults 18+
- Older adults
When I work
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- In-person Mondays and Wednesdays.
- Online at various times Mon-Fri
- Ad-hoc in-person & online Saturday 9AM-12PM
Further information
I offer a free 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.
