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Barry Dolan , NCPS
- Credentials
- NCPS
- Experience
- 5 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyAddictionsGriefSelf esteemDepression
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Barry Dolan helps people facing a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, stress and addiction. He also supports those dealing with grief, low self-esteem, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, sleeping and eating difficulties, and career or life transitions. Barry uses straightforward, practical conversation to help people find clearer ways forward.
He trained in counselling at Writtle University/College in Chelmsford, Essex and holds an NCPS credential. NCPS denotes a recognised post‑qualification standard.
Background and approach
Over five years he has worked in independent practice and in school settings, and has experience in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). Barry blends several approaches to suit each person’s needs. He draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and on acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and action.
He also uses attachment‑based and client‑centred ways of working to build trust and focus on the person’s experience. Sessions are aimed at practical change as well as understanding. People can expect gentle challenge, exercises to try between meetings, and space to talk things through at their own pace.
Barry also supports coaching goals and coping strategies for long‑term conditions and carer stress. He works with issues related to ADHD, bipolar, trauma and abuse, body image, bereavement, and other overlapping problems. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients by online formats.
How Barry’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult; it can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going and testing new, more helpful ways of responding; it is commonly used for anxiety, low mood and sleep issues. Client‑Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the work, offering empathic listening and a non‑judgemental space to explore concerns.Finding the right blend of these approaches is part of the process. Barry will work collaboratively to identify what feels most useful based on a person’s goals and preferences and may adapt techniques as progress unfolds.
Online therapy with Barry is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text‑based messaging. Video calls allow face‑to‑face conversation for deeper work, phone sessions can be quicker and fit around busy days, live chat is useful for short check‑ins, and text messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options give flexibility for different needs, schedules and technical situations, while allowing the therapist and client to focus on practical steps and emotional support.
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Areas of focus
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- 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
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
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