About Barry
Barry Golten is a counsellor who helps people facing anxiety, stress, low self-esteem and life changes. He also supports those dealing with grief, addiction and relationship or intimacy concerns. He works with people who are exploring identity questions, career doubts or feeling isolated and stuck.
Barry trained originally as an Integrative Counsellor and has around ten years of recent counselling experience. He brings earlier years of charity sector work and long managerial experience into how he relates to people.
Background and approach
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. His style mixes practical steps with exploration of deeper patterns. He draws on Internal Family Systems ideas to help people notice the different parts of themselves and build more self-compassion.
He also uses solution-focused ideas to identify small changes that move life forward. Sessions aim to be straightforward and steady. Barry offers coaching-style work alongside longer therapeutic conversations.
He listens, reflects, and helps people test out realistic changes between sessions. Barry works with adults on a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, ADHD-related difficulties, career and fatherhood questions. He also supports those facing trauma, attachment wounds and compassion fatigue.
His work emphasises collaboration, practical tools and gradual shifts in how people relate to themselves.
How Internal Family Systems and online therapy work together
Internal Family Systems helps people notice and speak with the different parts inside them. It invites gentle curiosity about feelings like shame, anger or anxiety and aims to build more self-compassion. This can help when anxiety or old relationship patterns keep returning.He also uses solution-focused ideas to identify small, practical steps that make life easier. That approach concentrates on what is already working and on achievable changes between sessions, which can reduce overwhelm and build momentum.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Barry will discuss what seems most useful and tailor methods to a person’s needs, goals and preferences. He sees therapy as a collaborative process where the client and therapist decide together what to try.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual connection helps the conversation. Phone can be a good option where bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Text or live chat suits people who prefer writing and want flexibility across the week. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, family and travel commitments, while keeping continuity of care across locations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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