- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Grief
About Barry
Barry Dolan is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction and parenting concerns. He offers straightforward support for low mood, grief, self-esteem struggles and relationship worries. Barry works with clients who are coping with life changes, trauma, or long-term health and care challenges.
He practises an integrative style that draws on several approaches. That means sessions focus on what each person needs now - practical skills, exploring difficult feelings, or looking at patterns that cause repeated problems.
Background and approach
Barry uses tools from cognitive behavioural therapy to unpick thoughts and from acceptance and commitment therapy to clarify values and goals. His background includes study at Writtle University/College in Chelmsford, Essex, and five years of clinical experience since 2020.
He has worked in independent practice and in schools, and currently works in child and adolescent mental health services, often helping people with anxiety, depression and addiction-related issues. Clients can expect a calm, conversational approach that balances practical strategies with space to talk. Sessions may include skill-building, emotional processing and planning for realistic next steps.
Barry describes his way of working as collaborative and tailored to each person. He holds the NCPS credential and offers appointments to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Sessions are available in English and delivered through video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs.
What Barry works with
Everything Barry lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Barry helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Barry lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How his approaches shape online therapy
Acceptancе and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying what matters to the client and taking small steps that match those values, which is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers clear exercises and practical tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and build routines that improve mood and sleep, which can help with anxiety, addictions and low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Barry will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that match those needs. This collaborative planning means the approach can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video sessions are good for face-to-face conversation and teaching practical tools. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat or text messaging can suit people who prefer to write, need brief support between sessions, or want more flexible timing. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Barry
What concerns does Barry commonly help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief and self-esteem problems, plus parenting-related concerns and relationship or intimacy issues.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
Barry uses an integrative, down-to-earth style. Sessions mix practical skills, emotional listening and work on patterns that keep problems going.
What experience does he bring to sessions?
He has worked as a counsellor since March 2020 and has five years of clinical experience across independent practice, schools and CAMHS.
What credentials and location are listed?
He holds the NCPS credential and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Barry?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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