Patrick Whelan

Patrick Whelan is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has four years of professional experience. He lists work with depression, anxiety, stress, workplace burnout, relationship difficulties, self-esteem and motivation among his regular concerns.

Patrick uses a pragmatic, solution-focused style. He blends practical coping tools with open conversation. He offers Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, either as a stand-alone approach or integrated into regular counselling sessions.

In practice he works in a straightforward way. Sessions look at what is getting in the way now, try small experiments or exercises, and talk through ways to manage feelings day to day. He emphasises strategies that can be used between meetings, like planning, thought-challenging, or short behavioural steps.

Patrick also notes experience supporting people with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, sleeping and eating concerns, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Additional areas listed include abandonment, communication problems, codependency and coping with life changes.

He has recent experience working with NHS professional staff during periods of acute pressure. That work involved focused support for stress and burnout and practical approaches to coping with demanding roles.

To begin, Patrick asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How evidence-based methods translate to online work

Patrick lists Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as a core option and also draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques. CBT focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing them with practical exercises, which can help with anxiety, depression and stress by building concrete coping skills. Integrative counselling combines conversational talk with selected techniques from different approaches to match what a person needs in session, useful for people unsure which way to turn.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patrick will work collaboratively to decide whether a more structured CBT plan, a blended approach, or open counselling fits your goals. That choice evolves as you try techniques and reflect on what helps most.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, shorten travel time and allow check-ins during lunch breaks or between commitments. Some formats also make it easier to use written exercises or worksheets during a session. Discuss practical arrangements at first contact so sessions fit your everyday life.