- Years in practice
- 4
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Patrick
Patrick Whelan is a counsellor who combines practical problem-solving with a compassionate approach. He holds BACP registration and has four years of professional experience. He aims to make starting therapy straightforward and approachable for people feeling overwhelmed.
He focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety and depression, along with relationship struggles, low self-esteem and career-related worries. He also helps with parenting pressures, grief, addictions, trauma and sleep or eating difficulties.
Background and approach
His work includes supporting people with ADHD, bipolar challenges and compassion fatigue. Patrick uses a pragmatic, solution-oriented style that blends talking therapy with concrete coping strategies. He can offer cognitive behavioural approaches on their own or combine those techniques with broader counselling in a way that fits each person.
Sessions are framed around what a client wants to achieve and small, manageable steps toward those goals. He has recent experience supporting NHS professional staff during crises, which informs his work with people under high pressure. Patrick tailors programmes to individual needs and aims to create a respectful, sensitive space for discussion.
He encourages clients to try out different tools and keep what works. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online through video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging. People can begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions according to availability.
What Patrick works with
Everything Patrick lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Patrick helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches that guide online sessions
Patrick blends cognitive behavioural techniques with broader integrative counselling to address both immediate symptoms and underlying patterns. Cognitive behavioural work focuses on practical tools and exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Integrative counselling means he draws from different ways of working to suit the person, combining reflective conversation with action plans.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Patrick discusses goals and preferences early on and adjusts techniques as therapy progresses. This helps people test methods and keep what helps most, rather than committing to a single route from the start.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit varied needs. Video calls allow a face-to-face feel, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and daily life while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about Patrick
What concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety and depression, plus relationship and self-esteem issues. He also addresses parenting pressures, grief, addictions and difficulties with sleep or eating.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His style is pragmatic and solution oriented, mixing talking therapy with practical coping strategies. He aims to tailor work to each person and to offer clear steps forward.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has four years of professional experience working as a counsellor. His recent work includes supporting NHS staff during times of crisis.
What qualifications does he hold and where is he based?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and he accepts international clients for online work.
What session formats are offered?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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