About George
Dr. George Baldwin is a clinical psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). He specialises in helping people manage stress and anxiety and supports those facing grief, depression, relationship strain and life transitions.
He also works with people dealing with addiction, sleep problems, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. He uses short, regular sessions to build a clear picture of what is keeping a problem going. Early meetings focus on gathering relevant information and developing a visual formulation - a simple map of thoughts, feelings, behaviours and relationships that helps guide the work.
Background and approach
This gives a shared starting point and clear targets to aim for. His practice draws on well-known approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Systemic therapy, alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Solution Focussed Therapy, Compassion Focussed Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy skills.
Techniques are chosen to match the person and the difficulty they bring, and plans often include practical exercises to use between sessions. He has six years of clinical experience in a range of NHS and personal settings. That background includes work in community mental health, inpatient units, physical health clinics and specialist fostering services.
He has published peer-reviewed research and completed a Clinical Psychology doctorate at the University of East Anglia Medical School. Sessions are usually 45 minutes and run at a pace the person is comfortable with. The focus is on practical, measurable steps and on adapting the approach for neurodiversity and multiple co-occurring difficulties.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Dr Baldwin commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours through practical exercises and homework. CBT is often used for anxiety, panic and low mood and gives clear steps you can practise between sessions.He also uses Systemic ideas to look at patterns in relationships and interactions. Systemic work helps spot repeated cycles between people and find small, testable changes that can improve how relationships feel and work.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that suit your needs and adjust the approach as progress is reviewed. Together you agree what to focus on and how to measure change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller session similar to face to face, phone is helpful when less bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed, and messaging or live chat can suit brief updates or flexible check-ins between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, study and caring responsibilities while keeping the practical focus of the work intact.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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