David Baker, BACP
12 years in practice
David Baker is a counsellor with 12 years of experience working in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 386148 · expires March 2026
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
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About David
David Baker is a counsellor with 12 years of experience working in the United Kingdom. He is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and offers sessions online in English. He aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, addiction or other life changes.
He uses a mix of approaches rather than a single method. That allows him to match the way he works to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters now and on practical steps people can try between meetings. Clients can expect calm, direct conversations about their concerns. He listens for patterns such as attachment, avoidance or repeated relationship problems.
Work may include finding new ways to handle strong emotions, improving communication, or thinking differently about difficult thoughts and habits. David has experience in voluntary services and bereavement counselling as well as independent practice. He has supported people through loss, trauma, and long-term struggles such as addiction and mood difficulties.
That background informs how he approaches grief, trauma and complex emotional issues. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. People are invited to start with a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions that fit their life.
He aims to help people build clearer choices and more manageable ways of coping.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything David lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Approaches David names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Existential therapy helps people look at life choices and meaning. It supports people facing major life changes, grief or questions about identity by slowing down and examining what matters most.Attachment-based therapy focuses on relationship patterns learned early in life. It helps identify how those patterns affect current relationships and offers new ways to connect and communicate.
Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace, which can help when feelings are overwhelming or uncertain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will discuss goals and preferences and try different ways of working until a good fit emerges. This is a collaborative process where the client’s needs shape what happens in sessions.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and text messaging helps people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does he help with?
He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, addiction and related issues such as self-esteem, anger and career stress.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
His style is person-centred and pragmatic. He combines existential thinking with attachment and cognitive ideas to help clients make sense of their experience.
What is his professional background?
He has 12 years of clinical experience and has worked in voluntary services and bereavement counselling as well as independent practice.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He practises in the United Kingdom and is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and he also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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