About Simon
Simon Knott is a counsellor with 19 years of experience who helps people manage anxiety and related concerns. He works in a straightforward, warm manner and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs. Simon is a BACP member, and he combines practical techniques with a focus on the whole person.
Before training in counselling he spent over 20 years in human resources for US companies, supporting staff through life changes and workplace issues.
Background and approach
That background shaped a practical, problem-solving approach to emotional difficulties. He trained at The Gestalt Centre in London and brings that perspective into his one-to-one work. In sessions Simon aims to raise awareness of how thoughts, feelings and physical reactions connect.
He listens for patterns that keep people stuck and introduces simple cognitive-behavioural tools when they can help. He also uses solution-focused ideas to set clear, short-term goals during practical moments of change. People come to him for stress, anxiety, relationship strains, trauma and abuse, grief or depression.
He also supports those dealing with addiction, low self-esteem, parenting pressures, sleep or eating difficulties, and career transitions. Simon works with issues such as abandonment, attachment, codependency, and anger when these are part of what a person brings. Sessions are conversational and grounded in everyday language.
He aims to make therapy accessible and adaptable, so people can try different ways of working and see what helps most for their situation.
Approaches for online counselling and practical change
Simon uses client-centred therapy to prioritise the person in the room. That means listening carefully, reflecting what matters to each person, and helping them find their own solutions. This approach suits people who need time to understand their feelings and make sense of difficult experiences.He also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT to address unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns. CBT gives clear tools for managing anxiety, improving sleep and changing routines that keep problems going. Solution-focused therapy is used to set short-term, practical goals and track small steps that build confidence during change.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Simon treats it as a collaborative process and will adjust methods based on the client's needs, goals and preferences. He aims to be flexible so people can try an idea and review whether it helps.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video is useful for a full conversation and non-verbal cues, phone can be chosen when bandwidth is limited, chat is good for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people access counselling from different locations and circumstances.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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