Barry Dolan, NCPS
5 years in practice
Barry Dolan offers support for stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and self-esteem concerns.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS18-06444 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Barry
Barry Dolan offers support for stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and self-esteem concerns. He also helps people facing grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, sleep problems and career uncertainty. Barry works with a broad range of issues including trauma, intimacy-related concerns, ADHD and compassion fatigue.
He uses a straightforward, calm style to help people find clearer ways forward. Barry trained in counselling at Writtle University/College in Chelmsford, Essex and holds the NCPS credential.
Background and approach
He began practising in March 2020 and has around five years of professional experience across personal work and school settings. He currently works in CAMHS and brings that practical experience into sessions. His approach is integrative and person-focused.
He draws on client-centred listening alongside cognitive behavioural tools to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to clarify values and guide practical steps. Hypnotherapy is part of his toolkit and may be used where appropriate to support relaxation, habit change or dealing with painful memories.
Attachment-based ideas inform work on relationship patterns and intimacy issues. Sessions are practical and paced to each person. Barry aims to make therapy easy to follow, with clear goals and small steps between sessions.
He accepts international clients and carries out appointments in English.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Barry lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Barry names
- Hypnotherapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Barry commonly combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in online work. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps towards those values, which can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.Hypnotherapy is also part of his approach and may be offered as a way to encourage deep relaxation, support habit change or help access memories with therapeutic intent. Attachment-based ideas appear in conversations about relationship patterns and intimacy, helping people understand how early bonds shape current connections.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person's goals, needs and pace. Clients and therapist review progress and adjust techniques as work continues.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can be a good short check-in or work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits people who prefer written check-ins or more flexible timing. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit around work, family and travel commitments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Barry commonly help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief and low self-esteem along with relationship and parenting challenges.
What is his general approach in sessions?
Barry uses an integrative, person-centred style that combines listening with practical exercises from cognitive behavioural and acceptance-based approaches.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has about five years of experience working privately, in schools and within CAMHS since beginning practice in March 2020.
What credentials and location information are provided?
Barry holds the NCPS credential and trained at Writtle University/College in Chelmsford, Essex; he practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in and can international clients be seen?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and circumstances.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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