About Debra
Debra "Debs" Barritt brings 15 years of counselling experience to her work. She holds BACP registration, and she draws on a long history of supporting people through loss, stress and major life changes. Debs writes from lived experience and from a career that began in hospice bereavement support.
She aims to listen without judgement and to offer steady, practical help. She trained originally in person-centred approaches and places particular value on community and human connection.
How Debra works
Early roles included youth work study at Brunel University and counselling at a hospice, where she sat with people and their families during end-of-life moments. Those experiences shaped her calm, grounded style. Debs uses straightforward methods that help people manage anxiety, depression, grief and relationship strain.
She also supports those dealing with addiction, trauma and parenting stress, along with issues such as ADHD, body image and chronic illness. Sessions focus on what matters most to each person and on small steps that make daily life easier. Her manner is warm and direct.
She favours gentle curiosity and practical tools over technical language. People looking for a counsellor who listens carefully and helps them find ways forward often appreciate her steady approach. Debs currently practises in the United Kingdom and offers counselling in English.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to her availability.
Debra lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Debra works with
The areas below are the ones Debra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Debs uses therapy approaches online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in the room and on being heard. It is about the counsellor offering empathy and respect so people can explore feelings and make their own choices. This approach suits grief, low self-esteem and moments of life change.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers simple tools to test unhelpful thoughts and build new habits for anxiety, depression and coping with stress. Exercises are practical and can be used between sessions.
Internal Family Systems invites people to notice different parts of themselves - for example a critic or a frightened part - and to relate to those parts with curiosity instead of judgement. This can help with trauma responses, relationship patterns and managing strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Debs will listen to a person’s goals, try methods that fit their situation and adjust as needed. Together they decide which ideas to keep and which to change, so therapy matches the person rather than the other way round.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or when someone prefers not to be on camera, and live chat or text messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around work, family or mobility needs and to continue support when life is busy.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Explore online therapy optionsWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What kinds of concerns does Debs work with?
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
What is her background and experience?
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
Which languages does she offer sessions in?
Can people outside the UK work with her remotely?
What formats are available for sessions?
How does payment and starting therapy work?
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.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions