About David
David Baker is a counsellor with 12 years of experience. He works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain and addictions. He also helps with concerns like anger, self-esteem and life transitions.
He is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). He trained in person-centred psychotherapy and blends several approaches to fit each person. He uses ideas from attachment work and cognitive behavioural techniques to help people understand patterns and try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical, with clear steps to reduce distress. People usually come with specific problems such as panic, trauma, bereavement or difficulties with intimacy. David offers time to talk these through and to map out realistic, short-term goals as well as longer-term change.
He also supports those facing major life changes and career concerns. His background includes work in independent practice, the voluntary sector and with major UK mental health and bereavement charities. That experience informs how he responds to complex or layered problems.
He welcomes people from diverse backgrounds, including LGBT clients. Sessions are available by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. International clients can be supported in English.
Therapy uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and sessions are scheduled to fit client needs.
How David’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current trust and closeness. Online sessions use conversations to spot patterns in relationships and to try new ways of connecting with others.Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre. The therapist listens without judgement and helps clients find their own direction; this can be especially useful for people feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to start.
Cognitive behavioural techniques look at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. In remote sessions this often means identifying unhelpful thinking, testing small behavioural experiments and practising new skills between appointments.
Finding the best approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods together and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients are invited to share preferences so the work fits their goals and life circumstances.
Online therapy offers real flexibility. Video calls bring face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing support between sessions and can suit people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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