About Aaron
Aaron Thorpe works from a relational, person-centred stance that places the therapeutic relationship at the heart of change. He is Aaron Thorpe, BACP, and he aims to create a warm, non-judgemental space where people can feel heard and understood. Sessions are tailored to the person, their pace, and what matters most to them.
Aaron helps people make sense of anxiety, depression, relationship problems and major life changes. He also supports those dealing with trauma, grief, addiction and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
How Aaron works
Practical tools and clearer thinking are combined with reflective listening to help people move forward. His approach brings together Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based and Emotionally-Focused ideas. He explains things plainly, often using metaphors and simple exercises to clarify difficult emotions.
That makes complex patterns easier to recognise and change. Aaron works with questions about parenting, family roles, career direction and identity, including LGBT concerns. He also offers help for anger, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related struggles and feelings of emptiness or abandonment.
Sessions can include reading suggestions and short practices to use between meetings. People meet him for focused coaching or longer therapeutic work. He aims to identify core emotional patterns and turn them into clear, manageable steps.
The emphasis is on building inner resources, improving communication, and finding a steadier sense of purpose.
Aaron lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Aaron works with
The areas below are the ones Aaron selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Aaron uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choosing actions that match personal values; it can help with anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people build more supported ways of relating and communicating.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to prioritise ACT strategies, attachment-focused exploration, or a different mix of techniques used in sessions.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions suit deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quicker check-ins, and messaging lets people send updates or reflections between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and other commitments.
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