About Padraic
Padraic Devlin has practised as a counsellor since 2015 and holds BACP accreditation. He is based in the United Kingdom and brings ten years of professional experience to his work. Padraic aims to make the first step into therapy feel straightforward and respectful for people who are anxious about reaching out.
Padraic centres sessions on the person in front of him. He uses a mix of approaches, including cognitive behavioural techniques to help change unhelpful thinking patterns and person-centred focus to keep the client’s priorities central.
How Padraic works
He believes a good working relationship between counsellor and client makes progress easier and more sustainable. In practice, sessions are conversational and paced to each person. Padraic listens for the issues that matter most and adapts the way he works to those needs.
He describes his style as friendly, non-judgemental and positive, with a focus on practical steps alongside space to reflect. He has supported people around stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma and issues relating to sexuality. Additional areas of focus include self-esteem, workplace problems, parenting stresses and feelings of isolation or shame.
Padraic works with both short-term goals and longer-term personal development. Sessions can include active problem-solving, exploring past patterns that influence the present, or a mix of the two. The approach and pace are reviewed together so the work remains relevant.
He aims to help people feel more able to cope and to make meaningful changes in their day-to-day lives.
Padraic lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Padraic works with
The areas below are the ones Padraic selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Padraic’s approaches work online
Padraic uses client-centred work that keeps the person's concerns at the heart of sessions. This approach focuses on listening, empathy and responding to what matters most to the individual, which helps build a working relationship and trust. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, is also part of his practice and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviour that maintain anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He discusses goals and preferences with each person and adapts techniques as the relationship develops. That collaborative process means the plan can shift from short-term problem solving to exploring deeper life patterns where useful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, brief support between sessions or people who prefer writing to speaking. Together these formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity of care across distances.
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