About Patrick
Patrick Whelan is a counsellor who uses an integrative, pragmatic approach to help people manage anxiety, depression and stress. He holds BACP accreditation and has four years of professional experience. Patrick aims to make the first step into therapy straightforward and approachable for people who are unsure what to expect.
He works in a motivational, solution-focused style and adapts methods to each person. That means sessions can include practical coping strategies, short exercises and space to talk things through.
Background and approach
He can also offer cognitive behavioural techniques on their own or blended into general counselling work. Patrick has supported people with workplace burnout, low self-esteem and relationship concerns. He also helps with grief, addiction, trauma, sleep and eating difficulties, and challenges linked to major life changes.
He lists phobias and ADHD among other focal areas he addresses. His recent work includes supporting NHS staff during a time of crisis, which shaped how he approaches high-stress situations and burnout. He aims to treat everyone with respect and sensitivity while keeping sessions straightforward and practical.
Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and goals. Patrick helps people set clear steps they can try between meetings, and reviews progress as therapy continues. He accepts clients based in the United Kingdom and international clients who prefer online formats.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Patrick uses evidence-based techniques in a way that fits the person. Cognitive behavioural techniques focus on practical strategies and simple exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. These are useful for anxiety, phobias, sleep problems and low mood.Alongside CBT-style work he applies a motivational, solution-focused way of working. That approach concentrates on identifying goals, small steps and what works right now, which can help with career decisions, addictions and burnout. He blends methods so sessions feel more like normal counselling when people prefer that mix.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client decide what fits based on needs, goals and personal preference. This collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted as progress is reviewed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so people can choose what suits them. Video calls are good for fuller conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when short check-ins or lower bandwidth are better. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, brief reflections or those who prefer not to use audio. These options make therapy flexible and easier to fit around work and day-to-day life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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