Services & Fees
1
Therapeutic Counselling
Point of Availability
This may suit you if you're looking for ongoing support and space to explore what's been weighing on you. Sessions are led by you, at your pace, and draw on holistic and evidence-based approaches
Duration: Up to 60 minutes
Fee: £50 per meeting
2
Single-Session Therapy (SST)
Point of Need
In one session, we explore a single concern and clarify what you would like to move toward. From there, we identify realistic solution-focused actions, with no follow-up sessions expected
Duration: Up to 60 minutes
Fee: £75 per meeting
3
Relapse Prevention
Strengths-Based
This is for adults affected by drug and/or alcohol use who want to safely address unresolved problems causing addictive patterns of behaviour, rebuild stability and reconnect with their values and strengths
Duration: Up to 60 minutes
Fee: £50 per meeting
Qualifications, Standards & Ethics
My work is informed by formal training, ongoing clinical supervision, and a commitment to reflective and ethical practice. I believe it’s important that you know who you’re working with, how I’m trained, and the standards that guide my work.
At the heart of my practice is a person-centred approach. This provides a respectful, collaborative foundation in which you will be supported to explore your experiences at your own pace. Within this relationship, I draw on cognitive behavioural (CBT) and solution-focused approaches where appropriate, always guided by your needs, preferences and informed consent.
I continue to develop my practice through regular training and professional development. Alongside core counselling training, I have completed specialist training in areas including single-session therapy and drug and alcohol counselling. This allows me to work flexibly and responsively, while staying within my professional competence and ethical responsibilities.
Core Training
- Level 5 Diploma in CBT Skills and Theory
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
Specialised Training
- Advanced Single-Session Therapy (trained by Windy Dryden)
- QLS Level 4 Diploma in Drug and Alcohol Use Counselling
- Online and Telephone Counselling
I am a registered member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (MNCPS Accredited) and an Advanced Practitioner Member of Addiction Professionals. This means my work is guided by recognised professional and ethical standards and subject to accountability and complaints procedures.
I hold appropriate professional indemnity insurance, am registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), attend monthly clinical supervision, and take part in regular continuing professional development (CPD). These arrangements are in place to support safe, ethical practice and to protect both you as a client and me as your counsellor.
About Me
Chris Brotherton
MNCPS (Acc) | AP APM
Before retraining as a counsellor at Southport College, I worked as a Recruiter, where I found real satisfaction in supporting people through periods of change and transition. That experience continues to inform my therapeutic work, particularly around identity, confidence, decision-making, and change.
In my counselling practice, I work with adults (18+) from a wide range of gender identities, sexual orientations, faiths, beliefs, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds. My experience includes work within established drug and alcohol services, suicide prevention settings, and health and wellbeing organisations across Southport, Bootle, and Chester.
Mettle Counselling and Psychotherapy exists to support adults at their point of need, offering counselling across Merseyside, Sefton, and West Lancashire.
I offer a supportive, collaborative space where clients can explore difficulties at their own pace, without judgement or pressure to change before they are ready.
Areas I have supported clients with include:
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Anxiety
- Bereavement and prolonged or complex grief
- Bullying
- Chronic pain
- Drug and alcohol use
- Depression and low mood
- Emotional dysregulation
- Gender dysphoria
- Insomnia
- Identity
- Late diagnosis ADHD
- Learning difficulties
- Loneliness
- Low self-esteem or confidence
- Neurodiversity
- Personal resilience
- Procrastination
- Purpose
- Relationship breakdowns
- Retirement
- Self-neglect
- Suicide prevention and intervention
- Toxic stress
- Vicarious trauma
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Mettle Counselling and Psychotherapy operates as a sole trader in England and Wales.
Mettle Counselling and Psychotherapy operates as a sole trader in England and Wales.
Registered Member of the National Counsellors and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and Addiction Professionals
Membership ID. NCS23-04052 & 7270.
Membership ID. NCS23-04052 & 7270.