Dmitri Shirobokov
Experienced rehabilitation counsellor for recovery
About Dmitri
Dmitri Shirobokov helps people who are struggling with addiction, anxiety, depression and major life changes. He works with issues such as stress, grief, relationship pain, low self-esteem and problems with eating or sleep. Dmitri speaks English and Russian and is based in the United Kingdom.
He brings 14 years of experience working in rehabilitation settings. Dmitri uses a goal-orientated style that focuses on what the person wants to achieve. He aims to identify a person’s strengths and build practical steps toward recovery rather than just naming problems.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and collaborative. Dmitri listens without judgment and helps people set clear, achievable goals. He combines talking, practical exercises and motivation-focused conversations to keep progress moving.
His approach draws on client-centred principles so the person’s own priorities shape the work. He also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try out different behaviours. Motivational interviewing is used when people need help finding reasons to change or staying committed to recovery.
Dmitri has an individual membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That membership is recorded as BACP. He has a long background in international rehabilitation work and has supported recovery across different settings.
People who choose Dmitri can expect clear aims, steady practical steps and a focus on rebuilding everyday life. He offers a pragmatic, respectful approach that keeps the person’s goals at the centre of the work.
What Dmitri works with
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Sessions & fees
How Dmitri’s approaches work online
Client-centred work puts the person’s priorities first and shapes each session around what matters to them. This helps when someone wants to set personal goals, rebuild routines, or feel heard during tough changes.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that make problems worse and trying out new behaviours. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep and some eating or compulsive behaviours.
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and strengthen commitment to recovery. It is often used alongside other approaches when someone is ambivalent about altering habits such as substance use.
Finding the right approach is part of the journey. The therapist will work together with the person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. Plans are revised as progress is made and new priorities appear.
Online work is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions work well when video is difficult, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging allows flexible writing-based contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, care responsibilities and travel.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Russian
