About George
George Coles is a counsellor who works from a person-centred place and draws on cognitive and attachment ideas. He has a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Relational Counselling and three years of experience in the United Kingdom. He meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps they can take to feel steadier.
Conversations are calm and direct, aimed at making everyday life a little easier. He helps with common concerns such as stress, anxiety and depression.
Background and approach
He also supports people dealing with relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and trouble with motivation. Phobias, panic attacks and intimacy-related worries are included in his areas of interest. His approach is collaborative.
Sessions usually involve talking through current problems, spotting unhelpful patterns and trying small changes between meetings. He uses techniques drawn from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness alongside attachment-based ideas to look at how early connections shape present feelings. George also works with issues such as grief, coping with life changes and fatherhood questions.
He addresses communication problems, guilt, shame and feelings of emptiness in a straightforward way. Chronic illness or pain and its emotional impact are part of his practice too. Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
He offers a supportive space for people who want to make changes at their own pace and will work with each person to agree practical next steps.
How his approaches work in online counselling
George combines Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice what is happening and try small changes. Client-centred work means the counsellor listens closely and follows the person’s concerns, helping them name feelings and priorities. CBT offers simple steps to challenge unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviours, useful for anxiety, panic and phobias.Attachment-Based Therapy is also part of his practice and looks at how early relationships affect current patterns. This approach can be helpful for intimacy issues, trust concerns and problems with emotional closeness. George will talk through which of these approaches fit a person’s goals and adapt the work as progress is made in sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be quicker to arrange. Live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins and people who prefer writing things down. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible while the counsellor and client decide together what works best.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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