Craig Limbert, BACP - Therapist in United Kingdom

Attachment focus
Gestalt influence
CBT experience

About Craig

Craig Limbert is a BACP counsellor with 30 years' experience in mental health across the United Kingdom. He works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, self-esteem and life changes. Craig lists additional focus areas including attachment issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care, and chronic illness among others.

Craig draws on a mix of person-centred and psychodynamic ideas alongside gestalt ways of working. He aims to help people bring attention to present experience and to notice how past events continue to affect current feelings and choices. Sessions focus on what is happening now and how that connects with earlier life moments.

He describes working in a way that values each person’s views, fears, hopes and insights. Goals are discussed and agreed together and form the basis of a practical working plan. Craig has long experience supporting people with complex needs, including severe depression, anxiety and traumatic histories.

Much of his career has been in public mental health and social care settings. His roles have included mental health social work, team management and work with community support services. That background informs a practical approach to everyday problems as well as longer-standing difficulties.

Craig has worked with people from diverse backgrounds and with those who identify as LGBTQIA+. He uses a conversational style that aims to help people name their concerns, think through options and identify steps they can try between sessions.

How Craig's approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of relating. It helps when someone struggles with trust, closeness or fears of abandonment by looking at patterns in emotions and relationships. Client-centred work puts the person's perspective at the centre of sessions, encouraging clear, reflective conversation about feelings and goals. Cognitive behavioural approaches look at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offer practical techniques for coping with anxiety, low mood or stress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Craig will discuss which methods fit a person's needs, goals and preferences and make those decisions together. The focus is collaborative, with agreed goals and steps to try between sessions.

The practical benefits of online work can include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. If you want to know what formats are available for sessions with Craig, please confirm the current options before booking. Many people find that online sessions make it easier to keep regular appointments and to bring what is happening in everyday life into conversation with their therapist.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuse Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

Grief Self esteem

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issues Autism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBody image Chronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependency Commitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelity Isolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Men's issues Midlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issues Mood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stress Prejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobia Workplace issues Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

30+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of issues does Craig work with?

He works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, self-esteem and coping with life changes. He also lists additional focus areas such as attachment issues, abandonment and chronic illness.

How would he approach feelings of guilt or shame?

He uses person-centred and psychodynamic ideas alongside gestalt ways of working to look at present experience and links with earlier life events. The aim is to notice patterns and agree practical goals together.

How much experience does he have?

Craig has worked in mental health and social care for 30 years, including roles in community services and team management.

What are his credentials and where is he based?

He is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with him?

He does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

What do I need to do to arrange a first session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.