About Derek
Derek Wheeler is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with 18 years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, and grief. He creates a welcoming space where people can say what they are feeling and thinking without being judged.
Seeking change can feel daunting and he offers steady support through that first step. Over nearly two decades Derek has worked with a wide range of concerns tied to attachment and relationships.
Background and approach
He helps people who struggle with abandonment fears, attachment issues, codependency and communication problems. He also supports those coping with divorce, infidelity and ongoing family difficulties. Derek uses practical approaches to help people manage intense emotions and build new skills.
He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try different responses. Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are used when someone needs tools for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. He also adopts a client-centred way of working that keeps the person’s own goals central.
Solution-Focused strategies are used to spot small, achievable changes that move people forward. Sessions are straightforward and collaborative, with clear steps and regular check-ins on progress. People can expect calm, direct conversation and a focus on usable coping strategies.
Derek aims to empower people to make changes that fit their life and priorities.
How Derek blends approaches for online care
Derek uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test more helpful behaviours. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress and some addiction-related patterns because it breaks problems into thinking and action that can be changed.He also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for teaching emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. DBT-style techniques are practical when feelings feel overwhelming and someone needs step-by-step coping tools.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Derek will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. That way decisions about methods are collaborative and adjusted over time.
Online sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone is a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit brief check-ins or practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments, while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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