About Dallas
Dallas Bentley is an ACA counsellor with 20 years' experience working across higher education, government and community settings. He helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low in mood, or stuck in relationship and career challenges. He aims for simple, practical steps so clients can start feeling more able to cope.
Dallas uses a mix of evidence-based techniques to suit each person. He draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), social constructionist ideas and Process-Oriented Psychology.
Background and approach
That variety lets him tailor sessions to what a person needs right now. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. He works with clients to notice unhelpful thinking, build small experiments, and try new ways of acting that support values and meaning.
He also helps people repair communication patterns and manage feelings like guilt, shame or fear of abandonment. Dallas describes his role as a guide and collaborator. He aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where people can talk about worries and make practical changes.
He supports building resilience and clearer decision making around work, relationships and life direction. People often come for anxiety, depression, self-esteem and relationship issues, or for help after separation and other major life stresses. If you want straightforward tools and a calm, practical approach, Dallas can work with you to set achievable steps and track progress.
Approaches that translate well to online work
CBT helps people notice and change patterns of thinking and behaviour that maintain anxiety or low mood. It uses structured exercises and homework to test new ways of responding to difficult thoughts and situations. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and learning to act in line with those values despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. It includes practical exercises in acceptance and commitment to meaningful action.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to decide which techniques suit their goals and preferences. That may mean combining methods or adjusting pace so the work feels manageable.
Confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow continuity when circumstances change. Some formats are lighter touch and require less time, while others allow more in-depth work; the therapist can discuss which option best supports your day-to-day routine and therapeutic goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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