Barry Foots, BACP

Barry Foots is a UK-licensed counsellor with three years of professional experience and registration with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. He practises from a person-centred, integrative perspective, holding the view that each person knows their own story best and brings strengths that can support change. By combining a warm, empathic presence with techniques drawn from other therapeutic ideas, he adapts his approach to meet the unique needs of each client.

Barry has worked with people facing grief and loss, major life transitions, anxiety, depression, low self-worth and thoughts of suicide, and he has substantial experience supporting those with special needs and neurodiversity. He creates an empathic environment where clients can explore relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, eating and parenting concerns, anger and self-esteem issues, career pressures, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Taking the first step toward a more fulfilling life often requires courage, and Barry offers steady support and practical listening throughout that process.

Person-centred and Integrative Support Delivered Online

Barry works from a person-centred stance, which prioritises the client’s own perspective and strengths. In this approach the therapist offers empathic listening, acceptance and support to help people explore feelings, make sense of difficult experiences and build confidence in their own resources. It is well suited to issues such as grief, low self-worth, relationship difficulties and life transitions.

He also practises in an integrative way, drawing on techniques from multiple therapeutic ideas and tailoring them to each person’s needs. This flexible approach allows the therapist to address complex or overlapping concerns - for example anxiety alongside neurodiversity-related challenges or trauma alongside parenting stress - by combining methods that best fit the individual.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Barry works with clients to identify goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, adjusting the therapeutic style over time as needs evolve. Online therapy offers practical benefits for accessibility and convenience - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy around work, family and location while maintaining continuity of care with registered professionals.