Derek Wheeler, NCPS

Derek Wheeler is an NCPS-credentialed counsellor in the United Kingdom with 18 years of professional experience. He works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and grief. Derek describes his role as helping people talk through hard feelings and practical problems without judgement.

He focuses on clear, conversational work. Sessions tend to look at what is happening now, how patterns repeat, and what small changes might ease daily pressure. He offers straightforward tools for coping with strong emotions and urges, and practical steps for talking to others more effectively.

Derek often helps people who struggle with attachment and codependency patterns, including trouble saying no, people-pleasing, and losing individual needs in relationships. He also addresses issues such as abandonment, control problems, communication breakdowns and the fallout from infidelity or separation.

His practice uses a mix of client-centred listening and active skills training. That means time is spent both on being heard and on practising new ways of responding. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques help with thought patterns and behaviours, while Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills support emotional regulation and managing impulses.

People can expect plain language and practical steps in sessions. Derek asks about goals and priorities, then works with clients to pick small, doable changes. He is open to working with international clients and provides sessions in English.

How Derek uses therapeutic approaches online