About Lee
Lee Whelan is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He brings five years of direct therapeutic practice and a background in substance use support and related services. Lee aims to meet people with empathy and practical guidance.
He focuses on helping people find steadier footing during hard times. Lee draws on experience across health education and justice settings to approach problems from different angles.
How Lee works
He helps people talk through addiction, grief, relationship strains, and eating or body-image worries. He also supports those dealing with anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD and stress from life transitions. In sessions Lee uses methods that centre the person and their story.
He works collaboratively, listening first and then offering tools that feel sensible and doable. He applies attachment-aware thinking to understand patterns in close relationships and uses cognitive approaches to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviours. People can expect straightforward conversation that looks at how current difficulties grew out of past experiences and present pressures.
Lee pays attention to communication issues, codependency, control struggles and themes like abandonment that often recur in people’s lives. He also addresses parenting concerns and family-of-origin problems in one-to-one work. Sessions can be tailored to suit different needs, with practical steps and moments to reflect.
Lee aims to help people build clearer goals and small, achievable changes. He encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Lee lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Lee works with
The areas below are the ones Lee selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Lee’s approach adapts to online therapy
Lee often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect present difficulties. This approach helps when problems repeat across different relationships or when people feel stuck by fears of abandonment or avoidant tendencies.He also draws on Client-Centred Therapy which focuses on listening without judgement and helping the person lead the pace and topics of their work. That approach supports people who need space to make sense of their feelings and set their own goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lee will work collaboratively to match methods to the client’s needs, goals and preferences. Conversations in early sessions help decide whether attachment work, person-centred listening or cognitive techniques are the best fit.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and more conversational exchanges. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit those who prefer writing to speak or who need quick, on-the-go reflections between sessions.
These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and travel. Registered professionals, including therapists like Lee, can adapt exercises and tools so meaningful progress continues even when meeting remotely.
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