About Dale
Dale Williamson helps people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure where to turn next. He writes simply and listens closely so clients can talk about what matters. He aims to make the first steps less daunting and more manageable.
Dale uses a person-centred approach that keeps the client’s experience at the heart of sessions. He creates a calm space for talking through stress, anxiety, low mood and grief. He also supports people dealing with addictions, confidence struggles, motivation and changes at work or home.
How Dale works
With four years of experience, Dale brings practical attention to daily problems as well as longer-standing issues. He pays attention to how patterns of thought and feeling affect choices, and helps people spot small changes that can add up over time. Conversations focus on what the person wants to change and how to get there.
Dale also works with issues such as relationship strain, body image, sleep difficulties, anger and compassion fatigue. He is familiar with neurodiversity-related concerns including autism and Asperger syndrome, and with attachment and abandonment-related themes. He offers straightforward support rather than jargon or labels.
Sessions take a collaborative tone. Dale aims to support people to find their own strengths and build confidence to handle life’s challenges. He encourages realistic goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
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What Dale works with
The areas below are the ones Dale selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| 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 client-centred care works online
Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre of every session. The counsellor listens without directing the conversation and helps people clarify what matters to them. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, depression and grief when someone needs time to be heard and to make sense of their feelings.The therapist also focuses on practical coping strategies during sessions. Conversations often include identifying small changes in routines, exploring ways to manage difficult moments and setting realistic goals. This can help with sleep, self-esteem, motivation and day-to-day coping.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and tailor the way sessions run to the client’s needs, goals and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers different ways to meet depending on practical needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit a short break at work or suit people with limited bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can work for quick check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options aim to make counselling more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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