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Aaron Thorpe, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 4 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Relationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changes
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Aaron Thorpe is a counsellor who works from a relational, person-centred foundation. He holds BACP accreditation and has four years' clinical experience. He aims to create a warm, non-judgemental space where people feel listened to and respected.
Aaron helps people talk through relationship strain, parenting pressures, stress and anxiety, and issues around self-esteem. He also supports people facing grief, trauma, addiction concerns, career uncertainty and identity questions. He pays attention to intimacy-related worries, anger, ADHD and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
His way of working mixes gentle listening with clear, practical explanation. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches to make sense of what keeps happening in everyday life. Sessions focus on noticing patterns, naming feelings and trying small experiments to shift unhelpful routines.
Aaron personalises sessions to each person’s pace and values. He uses metaphors and straightforward language to untangle difficult feelings and bring hidden patterns into view. He may suggest books, exercises or reflective practices between meetings to support steady progress.
People meet him to work on boundaries, cope with major life changes, repair trust and find clearer direction. He aims to help clients build practical skills and greater emotional clarity so they can move forward with more confidence.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online work
Aaron commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy when working online. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values; it is often useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with stress, depression and anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Aaron will explore your goals, preferences and what feels most helpful in early sessions. Together you will decide whether to focus on values-based action, emotional patterns tied to attachment, or practical CBT-style tasks so therapy fits your needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and richer interaction. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection and flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while still working toward meaningful change.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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