Lee Whelan, BACP
5 years in practice
Lee Whelan is a counsellor with a BACP registration and five years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- BACP
- 395470 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Lee
Lee Whelan is a counsellor with a BACP registration and five years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who are dealing with addiction, anxiety, depression and relationship challenges. He works in straightforward terms and aims to make therapy feel manageable for people under strain.
Lee draws on a mix of approaches to suit each person’s needs. He uses Existential therapy to help people talk about meaning, responsibility and choices when life feels overwhelming.
Background and approach
Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about how early relationships shape current patterns in love and trust. He also uses client-centred ways of working, offering a calm, non-judgemental space where people can explore difficult emotions and decisions at their own pace. Cognitive techniques are introduced when helpful to notice and shift unhelpful thinking and routines.
Lee has worked across health education, criminal justice settings and direct support roles. That background has given him practical experience supporting people facing substance misuse, grief, parenting stress and upheaval. He aims to combine empathy with clear, practical steps people can try between sessions.
Sessions are offered in English and available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. People can expect a collaborative approach - Lee listens first, then helps form a plan that fits what matters to them.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lee lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lee names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Lee blends Existential therapy and attachment-based work to help people make sense of hard life questions and relationship patterns. Existential therapy focuses on meaning, choice and responsibility when people face loss or big changes, and can help with concerns like grief, depression and life transitions. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early bonds shape current trust and intimacy, which is helpful for relationship, abandonment and communication issues.Finding the right way of working is a collaborative process. Lee listens to a person’s story and together they decide which approaches feel most helpful. Goals and techniques are adjusted over time so therapy stays relevant to what the person wants to address.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit quick reflections, prompts between sessions or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and changing routines.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Lee help with?
Lee works with a wide range of concerns including addictions, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, eating and stress-related problems.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He combines Existential, attachment-based and client-centred approaches to create a compassionate, practical and reflective way of working.
What professional background does he have?
He has five years of clinical experience and past roles in health education and criminal justice support, which inform his practical approach.
Where is Lee based and what credential does he hold?
He practises from the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Can I work with him if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Lee offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their routine.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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