About Thomas
Thomas Beardmore is a humanistic counsellor who focuses on anxiety alongside many other concerns. He offers a non-judgemental space where people can talk about what matters to them. He listens closely and aims to understand what it is like to ‘walk in your shoes’.
Thomas provides honest, compassionate feedback to help people move towards the changes they want. Thomas works in a straightforward, conversational way. Sessions are shaped around the person in front of him rather than a fixed script.
Background and approach
He encourages people to name their feelings and to try different perspectives on difficult situations. That approach is used to support issues such as relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, stress, trauma and addiction. He has 13 years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
His background includes work in health care, higher education, the third sector and independent practice. This range has informed a flexible style that adapts to different life circumstances. Thomas also works with concerns including LGBT matters, intimacy-related issues, grief, sleeping and eating problems, and ADHD.
He pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues where these come up, and he tailors each session to the individual’s needs and goals. People can expect a supportive yet direct counsellor who aims to help them clarify choices. Thomas encourages honest exploration and practical next steps, and he supports people as they try out new ways of living.
Approaches that fit online therapy
Thomas combines attachment-focused work with client-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and helps people understand and change repeated patterns. Client-Centred Therapy means the counsellor offers empathy and acceptance while the person leads the conversation, which can help with issues like low self-esteem and identity. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting thinking patterns that keep anxiety and low mood going and practising different ways of responding.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Thomas will discuss goals and preferences and then suggest ways of working together. That collaborative planning makes it easier to try methods that suit the person’s needs and to adjust them over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to give choice and flexibility. Video calls are useful for longer, face-to-face conversations, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be a simpler way to check in between sessions or to have brief, focused conversations. These options help people fit counselling into busy lives and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- 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 disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- 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
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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