Geraldine Costello, BACP

Geraldine Costello is a compassionate, client-centered therapist and drugs and alcohol counsellor with 10 years of professional experience. She has supported people through addictions, grief and loss, low motivation, self-esteem and confidence concerns, and a range of pregnancy care issues including post-abortion counselling. Her practice places emphasis on creating a warm, non-judgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared openly and where each person is met with empathy and respect.

Geraldine blends client-centered principles with structured techniques to meet each person where they are. She uses Motivational Interviewing to support change in addictive behaviours and draws on the Cycle of Change and Solution-Focused methods to help clients identify practical steps forward. Her listed clinical approaches also include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), offering a range of tools depending on individual needs.

Her areas of focus include stress and anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, self-esteem, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Additional interests include work with autism and Asperger syndrome, caregiver stress, codependency, communication and control issues, fertility and pregnancy-related concerns, end-of-life and hospice matters, loneliness and life purpose, and other topics such as hoarding, narcissism, and forgiveness. Geraldine is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and follows their professional code of ethics while maintaining ongoing professional development.

Known for attentive listening and an empathic manner, she offers a therapeutic relationship grounded in acceptance and realism. Geraldine aims to support people through short-term difficulties and longer journeys alike, adapting methods to each person’s goals and pace.