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Ciaran Doody, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 5 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, Anxiety LGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuse Depression

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Ciaran Doody is a psychotherapist who works from an integrative, relational perspective. He blends different relational theories to fit each person's needs and goals. He aims to create a practical, personalised way forward for people feeling stuck or overwhelmed.

Ciaran presents a calm, direct style that helps people take the first steps toward change. He has five years' experience and holds a BACP accreditation, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Background and approach

Ciaran is completing doctoral training in counselling psychology while practising as an integrative counsellor and psychotherapist. This background informs his focus on relationships and attachment. Typical concerns he helps with include stress and anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and relationship and intimacy-related issues.

He also supports people dealing with self-esteem, life changes, and struggles tied to identity and prejudice. Additional areas of focus include abandonment, attachment issues, avoidant personality patterns, personality disorders, and post-traumatic stress. Ciaran offers sessions for people navigating serious life moments such as cancer, hospice and end-of-life counselling, pregnancy and childbirth, and bereavement.

He also works with isolation, guilt and shame, life purpose, men’s issues, paranoia, and family-related problems from an individual therapy perspective. Sessions are conducted in English from the United Kingdom. He uses a flexible, person-centred process to plan goals, check progress, and adjust approaches to suit what is actually helping the person in front of him.

Integrative relational approaches for online therapy

Integrative relational work combines elements from different relationship-focused theories to help people understand patterns in how they connect with others. This approach looks at how early attachments and current relationships shape feelings, behaviour, and expectations, which can be useful for issues like attachment difficulties, intimacy struggles, and relationship distress.

Another common strand is person-centred relational work that prioritises the therapeutic relationship as the engine of change. It focuses on listening, reflecting, and offering a steady, non-judgemental conversation so people can make sense of difficult emotions and decide on next steps. These approaches often help with anxiety, depression, trauma responses, and life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust the plan in collaboration with the client. That way the therapy stays practical and centred on what is actually helpful.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversational work and visual cues, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when in-person sessions are difficult.

What kinds of problems can be addressed in therapy?

Ciaran works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and self-esteem.

How would you describe his therapeutic style?

He practises an integrative, relational approach that blends complementary relational theories to match what each person needs.

What is his professional background?

He has five years of clinical experience and is in the final stages of doctoral training in counselling psychology while working as a psychotherapist and integrative counsellor.

What credentials and location are listed?

He holds BACP accreditation, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered?

He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are costs organised?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with him?

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Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Relationship issues

Also listed

Experience: 5 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Ciaran Doody, BACP

Background and approach

Integrative relational approaches for online therapy

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety