About Damian
Damian Sweeney is a counsellor who focuses on helping people facing anxiety, phobias and other overwhelming worries. He aims to make first steps easier for someone who feels stuck, anxious, or low in confidence. Damian uses clear, direct conversation to help people talk through immediate problems and find practical ways forward.
He offers a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can say what is on their mind. Sessions are built around the person's goals, with simple strategies and regular check-ins to measure progress.
Background and approach
Damian draws on Client-Centred Therapy to listen closely and understand each person's experience. He also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. That approach is often helpful for panic, phobias, low mood and obsessive worries.
Mindfulness techniques are used too to help people notice unhelpful patterns and develop steadier responses. Over ten years of practise in the United Kingdom have shaped his practical style. He has supported people with depression, grief, addictions, sleep problems and difficulties at work.
Damian pays attention to how different issues overlap, such as mood problems combined with anxiety or substance use. Sessions are offered online by video, phone, live chat or messaging, which can suit people with busy days or limited travel options. He works in English and follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration shown as BACP.
Damian encourages small, manageable steps and reviews progress together.
How his approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The counsellor offers an open, non-judgemental space so people can speak freely and decide what matters most to them. This approach helps when someone needs to make sense of strong emotions or find clearer priorities.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours feed each other. It uses simple exercises and practical experiments to reduce panic, challenge unhelpful thinking, and ease phobias and low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches short attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm in stressful moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and choose methods together based on the person's goals and what fits their life. That makes sessions a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online sessions via video, phone, live chat or messaging offer flexibility for different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work with lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and build steady progress without lengthy travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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