Lee Whelan, BACP

Lee Whelan is a counsellor with five years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He brings a practical, down-to-earth approach and focuses on helping people tackle thoughts and everyday habits that get in the way of functioning and relationships.

Lee listens for what matters most to each person and starts from there. He draws on approaches that look at how relationships and past experiences shape current patterns. Sessions are straightforward and focused on small, manageable steps that can fit into daily life.

Clients commonly come for help with anxiety, depression, addiction and relationship concerns. He also supports people facing grief, parenting stress, eating and body image issues, and the fallout from trauma or domestic violence. Lee pays attention to attachment, communication and patterns of avoidance that often underlie these problems.

His style is collaborative and respectful. He uses client-centred listening to build understanding, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and habits, and motivational interviewing to help people find reasons to change. Existential and narrative ideas are used to help people find meaning and rewrite difficult stories.

Lee works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. International clients are accepted. To start, people follow the platform steps to match with him and book an appointment according to his schedule.

How Lee's approaches translate to online work

Lee uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early and close relationships shape current reactions and connection difficulties, which can help when addressing relationship patterns and intimacy-related issues. Client-Centred Therapy provides an approach where the person leads the pace and topics, and the counsellor offers empathetic listening and reflection to help people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and habits and practising alternatives to reduce anxiety, low mood and repetitive behaviours.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lee will talk with clients about their needs and preferences and try out methods that suit those goals. This is a collaborative process where technique and pace are adjusted as progress is reviewed.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm which online or in-person options are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family life, spend less time travelling and offer quicker check-ins when a brief touchpoint helps. It can also allow sessions to continue for international clients who want to work with a UK-based therapist. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt tools from the approaches above to work well across remote sessions.