About Dorcas
Dorcas Upshall is a counsellor with a background in community and education settings. She brings three years of professional experience and a BACP registration to her work. Dorcas aims to keep sessions focused on the goals that matter to each person.
She uses plain talking to help people untangle worries about anxiety, stress, relationships and self-esteem. Sessions also address trauma, addiction, grief, eating and body image concerns. Dorcas is aware of LGBTQ issues and kink culture, and she supports people exploring intimacy and identity.
Background and approach
Dorcas helps people notice thought patterns and behaviours that cause pain. She works collaboratively to try different ways of coping and to build practical skills. That can mean noticing automatic thoughts, practising new ways of relating, or making small behaviour changes that add up.
Her background includes work in domestic abuse services, women’s centres, pastoral school care, LGBTQ+ charities, and addiction recovery. She has also worked with special needs provisions and spent over ten years teaching. Those roles shaped how she listens and responds in sessions.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and paced to the person in front of her. People can expect a calm, non-judgemental approach that focuses on clear goals and small steps forward. Dorcas supports international clients and offers several online formats to fit different needs.
Approaches to work with online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding your experience and offering empathy and acceptance. It helps when you want a counsellor who listens closely and follows your lead to clarify what you want to change or understand.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours and offers practical exercises to shift them. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and habits that keep problems going.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dorcas will discuss different methods and decide together which fits your goals and preferences. That collaborative process means approaches can be mixed or adjusted as your needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical choices. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, family and travel while keeping continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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