Counsellor profile
Barry Dolan , NCPS
United Kingdom
Counsellor - Anxiety and Addiction
Continue with BarryWhere Barry stands
- Credentials
- NCPS
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS18-06444
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Anxiety support
- Addiction help
- Codependency focus
About Barry
Barry Dolan is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years' experience. He trained at Writtle University College and holds a Professional Diploma in Psychosocial Counselling (Prof Dip Psy C), which is a level 5 counselling qualification. Barry works with people facing anxiety, depression, addiction and confidence issues among other concerns.
Barry uses an integrative approach that draws on several well known methods. In sessions he mixes practical strategies from cognitive behavioural work with acceptance-based ideas and relational focus from attachment approaches. He also uses techniques from dialectical behaviour work when emotions feel overwhelming.
Sessions tend to be straightforward and conversational. He listens, helps people name the patterns that cause pain, and practises skills together in session. That might mean trying breathing or grounding exercises, testing a new way of saying no, or working through thoughts that keep someone stuck.
His practice includes support around grief, stress, parenting strain, eating and sleeping concerns, and difficulties linked to trauma or abuse. He also lists codependency, relationship strain and issues people face around kink and alternative sexual cultures among his interests.
Barry has worked in private practice, in schools and within CAMHS settings. He aims to bring practical tools from different approaches so people can make day to day changes. To start he asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How his approaches work for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and choose actions that matter to them. It uses simple exercises to build willingness to face discomfort while living in line with personal values. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past relationships shape present patterns. It helps people understand repeated behaviours around closeness, trust and boundaries and practise different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Barry works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. That means trying practical techniques in session and adjusting the mix as needs change. The profile does not list specific session formats, so check the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, family or other commitments. They also allow shorter check-ins when needed, quieter surroundings to focus, or avoiding travel time. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly use these formats to help clients practise skills and make steady progress without reshaping their whole day.Areas of focus
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does he work with?
He supports people with anxiety, depression, addiction, confidence issues and codependency among other concerns such as grief and trauma.
How would he describe his therapeutic style?
He uses an integrative, conversational style mixing CBT, ACT, attachment work and DBT techniques to practise skills and challenge unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does he have?
He has five years' experience working in private practice, in schools and within CAMHS settings.
What are his qualifications and where is he based?
He holds a Professional Diploma in Psychosocial Counselling (Prof Dip Psy C) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does he offer?
Confirm current session options before booking as the profile does not specify what formats are offered.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.