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Debra "Debs" Barritt, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 15 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefSelf esteemDepression
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Debra "Debs" Barritt has spent 15 years helping people navigate hard periods in life. She holds BACP registration, and she combines hands-on experience with a warm, straightforward manner. Debs writes plainly and listens closely, aiming to make therapy feel doable for busy people.
She began working with people in bereavement and hospice settings, supporting those at the end of life and their loved ones. Those early roles shaped how she works now - with patience, calm presence and a focus on what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Her background includes community youth work and a long history of running a independent practice. Debs uses approaches that centre the person in the room and look at thoughts, feelings and internal parts to make sense of painful experiences. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, trauma and addiction.
She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting pressures, career change, chronic health issues and anger problems. Sessions are practical and conversational. Debs helps people name their difficulties, try simple changes, and develop clearer ways to cope.
She is direct without being harsh and makes space for what feels difficult to say. People who come to Debs often want steady support for big life changes or help to manage everyday distress. She works in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging for those who prefer remote appointments.
How Debs works online with person-centred and CBT approaches
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person rather than a strict set of rules. The counsellor offers acceptance, empathy and listening, helping people find their own solutions and regain confidence. This approach can be useful for low self-esteem, bereavement and feeling stuck.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new coping steps that change how they feel. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression and stress-related problems.
Internal Family Systems treats difficult feelings as parts inside a person that have roles and intentions. Talking with these parts can reduce inner conflict and make it easier to handle trauma, attachment wounds and strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then choose or blend approaches together. That choice is collaborative and can change as needs shift.
Online sessions are offered by registered or accredited professionals and can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life or mobility limits. Phone or text-based sessions can be shorter check-ins, while video calls allow face-to-face discussion without travel. Live chat and messaging can suit people who prefer writing or flexible timing.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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