About Douglas
Douglas Barbieri offers calm, steady support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or low mood. He presents a down-to-earth approach so difficult feelings can be talked through in simple, clear language. Douglas aims to help people understand what is happening for them and to find practical ways to move forward.
He brings six years of professional experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
His work covers common difficulties such as anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and abuse, and problems with self-esteem. He also addresses related concerns like addiction, dissociation, bereavement and body image when these are part of a person's struggle. In sessions he encourages people to notice their thoughts and feelings without judgement and to develop greater self-awareness.
He uses client-centred ideas to listen closely to each person's experience. Cognitive behavioural techniques are available for those who want practical steps to change thought and behaviour patterns. Douglas also draws on emotionally-focused and existential ideas to help people understand relationships and personal meaning.
Mindfulness methods are used to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. He explains options plainly so people can decide what feels most useful. Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese and are delivered online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
People sign up through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being heard and understood. The therapist offers empathic listening and mirrors back what people say to help them feel seen and to build self-awareness. This approach helps when someone needs space to talk through painful feelings and to make sense of them.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. Douglas can introduce straightforward exercises and practical strategies in sessions to help change unhelpful thought patterns and reduce anxiety or low mood. These tasks often continue between meetings to build new habits.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy emphasises understanding emotional responses and how they shape relationships. It can help people notice patterns in how they react and learn new ways to respond that feel more effective.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then agree a collaborative plan. People can try different methods and adjust as the work progresses so the approach fits their needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can help with brief check-ins or a lower-pressure start. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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