Lee Whelan, BACP

Lee Whelan is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has five years of clinical practice. He works with adults on issues such as addiction, relationship strain, grief, parenting pressures, anxiety, depression and trauma. Sessions are delivered in English and he accepts international clients.

Lee draws on experience supporting people through substance use and related challenges. He describes practical work that looks at patterns in relationships and family of origin issues. He also addresses intimacy, eating and body image concerns alongside mood and stress problems.

In conversation he keeps to clear, direct questions and reflections. He uses approaches that focus on how early attachment shapes current relationships and on making small, achievable changes to unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Motivational interviewing is used when people want to make difficult changes and need help weighing options and building motivation.

Sessions are aimed at helping people notice patterns, try different responses and reduce immediate distress. Lee pays attention to how family and parenting roles affect day-to-day life and decision making. He also works with people dealing with burnout, compassion fatigue and long-term coping needs.

Practical tasks, short reflections and narrative work may be part of the process. He encourages people to bring the issues that matter most at home and to work at a pace they can manage. To begin, readers are invited to follow the site process for matching and booking an initial appointment.

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