Therapy services
Everything MySafeTherapy offers
Comprehensive online therapy across the UK — grouped by who it's for and how the work is done. Every page links to matched therapists and evidence-based approaches.
28+
Therapy approaches
12+
Therapy services
48+
Conditions covered
22
Languages
5 pages
For Individuals
One-to-one therapy shaped around you.
Individual Therapy
One-to-one psychological support, tailored to you.
Learn more about Individual TherapyMen's Therapy
Therapy that meets men where they are.
Learn more about Men's TherapyLGBTQ+ Affirmative Therapy
Inclusive, informed care from therapists who get it.
Learn more about LGBTQ+ Affirmative TherapyAdolescent Therapy
Confidential therapy for 13–18 year olds.
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Age-appropriate support for children navigating big feelings.
Learn more about Child Therapy4 pages
For Couples & Families
Relational work for partners, parents and families.
Couples Counselling
Repair, reconnect, or navigate change together.
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For couples, dating partners, or family members struggling to connect.
Learn more about Relationship CounsellingFamily Therapy
Systemic support for family dynamics, conflict and change.
Learn more about Family TherapySex Therapy
Non-judgemental support for intimacy, desire and sexual difficulty.
Learn more about Sex Therapy3 pages
Life Stage & Format
Specialist work for specific windows in life.
28 approaches
Therapy Approaches
Evidence-based modalities practised by our team. Your therapist tailors the work to you — most weave more than one.
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Cognitive & Behavioural
Structured, present-focused, skills-based.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Practical, structured, focused on the thoughts and behaviours keeping you stuck.
Learn more about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Unhook from difficult thoughts, act in line with what matters.
Learn more about Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.
Learn more about Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
Develop the internal compassion that softens shame and self-attack.
Learn more about Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)Mindfulness-Based Therapy (MBCT)
Mindfulness practices to prevent relapse in depression and anxiety.
Learn more about Mindfulness-Based Therapy (MBCT)Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Resolve ambivalence — from the inside out.
Learn more about Motivational Interviewing (MI)9 pages
Depth & Relational
Explore patterns, relationships and meaning.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Depth work exploring how early experience and relationships shape you now.
Learn more about Psychodynamic TherapySchema Therapy
Longer-term work on deep patterns and unmet needs from childhood.
Learn more about Schema TherapyPerson-Centred / Integrative Counselling
A warm, non-directive space to be met without judgement.
Learn more about Person-Centred / Integrative CounsellingInterpersonal Therapy (IPT)
Short-term therapy focused on the relationships around your symptoms.
Learn more about Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)Existential Therapy
Meaning, freedom, mortality and connection as the ground of therapy.
Learn more about Existential TherapyNarrative Therapy
Re-author the story you're living inside.
Learn more about Narrative TherapyTransactional Analysis (TA)
Clear map of Parent / Adult / Child states and the scripts they run.
Learn more about Transactional Analysis (TA)Gestalt Therapy
Present-moment awareness — what's happening in the room, right now.
Learn more about Gestalt TherapyInternal Family Systems (IFS)
Meet and lead the different 'parts' of you.
Learn more about Internal Family Systems (IFS)6 pages
Trauma & Body-Based
Work with the nervous system and stored trauma.
EMDR Therapy
A structured trauma therapy that helps the brain reprocess stuck memories.
Learn more about EMDR TherapyBrainspotting
Focused-eye trauma work related to EMDR.
Learn more about BrainspottingSomatic Therapy
Body-based work for trauma held in the nervous system.
Learn more about Somatic TherapyPolyvagal-Informed Therapy
Nervous-system regulation as the ground of the work.
Learn more about Polyvagal-Informed TherapyTrauma-Informed Therapy
Any modality delivered through a trauma-aware lens.
Learn more about Trauma-Informed TherapyNeurofeedback
Brain-training feedback to regulate arousal and attention.
Learn more about Neurofeedback5 pages
Creative & Specialist
Non-verbal, focused or age-specific modalities.
Art Therapy
Creative expression as a therapeutic language.
Learn more about Art TherapyPlay Therapy
Age-appropriate therapy for children — play is the language.
Learn more about Play TherapyClinical Hypnotherapy
Focused, relaxed states used therapeutically for specific change work.
Learn more about Clinical HypnotherapyPositive Psychology
Strengths, meaning and thriving — not just symptom reduction.
Learn more about Positive PsychologyAttachment-Based Therapy
Heal the attachment patterns that shape adult relationships.
Learn more about Attachment-Based Therapy2 pages
Couples & Relational
For partners and relationship work.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples
The most researched approach for repairing connection and rebuilding trust.
Learn more about Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for CouplesGottman Method (Couples)
Research-based couples therapy from 40+ years of longitudinal data.
Learn more about Gottman Method (Couples)How to read this page
Service, approach, format — and why the difference matters
Three things get bundled together under the word 'therapy', and separating them makes choosing much easier. A service is who the work is for and what shape it takes: individual therapy, couples work, therapy for teenagers, a short focused course. An approach is the method your therapist draws on: CBT, EMDR, psychodynamic, person-centred, ACT. A format is how you meet: video, phone, or written sessions.
Most people are best served by starting with the service and letting the therapist recommend the approach. Modality matters, but not as much as marketing suggests. Comparative research consistently finds that for common difficulties the differences between well-delivered evidence-based therapies are smaller than the differences between therapists — and much smaller than the difference between attending and not attending.
Where approach does matter, it matters sharply. Trauma-focused CBT and EMDR are the recommended treatments for PTSD. Exposure and response prevention is the evidence-based core of OCD treatment. Behavioural activation has strong support in depression. Our therapists are trained across several approaches and will tell you plainly when a specific method is indicated rather than optional.
Everything here is delivered online across the UK by BACP, UKCP or HCPC-registered therapists. Fees are set by the therapist and shown before you book, so there are no surprises at the point of matching.
Integrative by default
Very few experienced therapists work in a single modality. Most integrate — using structured CBT tools where structure helps, and relational or exploratory work where the difficulty is older and less tidy.
Focused or open-ended
Some work is a defined course with an endpoint: six to twelve sessions for panic, phobia or a specific stuck point. Other work is open-ended, reviewed periodically. You choose, and you can change your mind.
Online, properly done
Video sessions on an encrypted platform, consistent time each week, and a therapist who is trained to work remotely rather than simply transplanting a room onto a screen.
Choosing
A sensible route through the options
You do not need to pick an approach before you start. This is the order that works.
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Start with the service
Individual, couples, family, young people, or a focused short course. This single decision narrows the list far more than choosing between modalities.
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Say what you want to be different
Not a diagnosis — an outcome. Sleeping through the night. Getting on a train. Having one honest conversation with your partner. Therapists match approach to goal far better than search engines do.
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Use the free intro call
Fifteen minutes, no charge, no obligation. Ask about their experience with your specific difficulty, how they typically work, and roughly how long they would expect it to take.
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Review at session four or six
A good therapist will build a review into the work. If something is not shifting, the plan changes — a different approach, a different pace, or an honest referral elsewhere.
The evidence base
What the research supports
Approach matters most for specific presentations
NICE names particular therapies for particular conditions: trauma-focused CBT and EMDR for PTSD, exposure and response prevention for OCD, CBT for panic disorder and social anxiety. Outside those, the choice is more open than it is often presented.
Therapist fit predicts outcome
Alliance — feeling understood, agreeing on goals, agreeing on the tasks — is one of the most reliable predictors of whether therapy works. It is why we spend real effort on matching rather than routing you to whoever is free.
Online delivery holds up
Randomised trials of therapist-delivered online therapy for anxiety and depression find outcomes broadly equivalent to in-person work, with better attendance and lower dropout in several studies.
Dose matters more than modality
Attending regularly and doing the between-session work predicts change more strongly than which named approach appears on the therapist's profile. Consistency is the active ingredient.
Questions
Frequently asked
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Multilingual Therapy
Therapy in your first language, delivered by UK-registered therapists across the UK.
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The full between-session toolkit, and what the AI will never do.
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Seven questions about your inner critic, comparison and feeling 'not enough'.
OpenStress Check
Seven questions about pressure, control, switching off and where stress shows up in your body.
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Seven gentle questions about memories, avoidance, feeling on guard and feeling numb. You don't need to say what happened.
OpenLife Transitions Check
Seven questions for big changes: a move, a breakup, a new job, parenthood, retirement or a new chapter.
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Seven questions about longing, numbness, meaning and feeling alone after a loss.
OpenBurnout Check
Where are you on the burnout curve?
OpenEmotional Exhaustion Check
How depleted is your capacity?
OpenAI Journaling
Guided reflection between sessions.
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