About Patrick
Patrick Whelan is a counsellor who focuses on practical, solution-oriented support for anxiety and related concerns. He aims to create a straightforward, respectful space where people can talk about what feels difficult. Patrick uses a mix of techniques to match each person’s needs and preferences.
He holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has four years of professional experience. That experience includes supporting people with depression, workplace burnout, stress and self-esteem issues.
Background and approach
He also helps with relationship worries, motivation and coping with life changes. Patrick describes his style as motivational and pragmatic. He offers clear strategies alongside open conversation.
For people who want practical exercises, he can integrate cognitive behavioural methods alongside broader counselling conversations. Sessions are shaped around each person’s goals. Patrick will work with you to build a programme that suits your circumstances and pace.
He aims to make the start of therapy less daunting and more manageable. More recently, he has worked with NHS staff during times of crisis, bringing that frontline experience into his way of supporting people. He accepts clients from the United Kingdom and international clients who prefer English-speaking counselling.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Patrick uses a blend of practical, evidence-based techniques and general counselling. Cognitive behavioural methods focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and building clear coping skills and exercises to reduce anxiety and improve sleep. These techniques are useful for managing stress, panic, low mood and day-to-day worries.Alongside that, he brings an integrative counselling approach that allows more open conversation about feelings, relationships and life changes. This lets clients mix problem-solving tools with reflective talking therapy so sessions match what feels most helpful in the moment.
Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. He will discuss your goals, try different ways of working and adjust the plan as you go. Together you decide which techniques to keep, adapt or set aside based on what helps you make progress.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful when visual connection helps the conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer typing, want brief check-ins, or who need support that fits around a busy day. These options make it simpler to work on anxiety and other concerns without major travel or schedule disruption.
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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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