Dr. George Baldwin
Experienced HCPC registered clinical psychologist
About George
Dr. George Baldwin offers help for stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression and coping with life changes. He also supports people facing addictions, sleep problems, parenting pressures, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue and complex trauma.
He is registered with the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council). George uses clear assessments to understand what is happening for each person. Sessions are usually 45 minutes long and begin with gathering relevant information.
He then builds a simple visual formulation together to map patterns in thoughts, feelings, behaviours and relationships.
Background and approach
This helps set priorities and track progress. Therapy often combines talking work with practical tasks between sessions. People might try alternative ways of thinking, new behaviours or short exercises to test changes in everyday life.
The pace is set by the individual, and the style is described as warm and non-judgemental. He has six years of clinical experience across NHS and personal settings and has worked in a range of services including community mental health, inpatient psychiatric units, physical health clinics and specialist fostering services. That background informs his work with complex or co-occurring difficulties.
George draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts methods for neurodiversity when needed. He also provides clinical supervision to other psychological professionals. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online by following the Start Therapy process on the site.
What George works with
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches work online
Dr George Baldwin uses evidence-based techniques that are adapted for online work. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns in thoughts and behaviours and testing small changes to reduce distress; it is often used for anxiety, depression and sleep problems. Systemic ideas look at relationships and interaction patterns to understand how problems affect everyday life and can help with relationship and family-related issues. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports people to notice difficult thoughts and commit to values-based actions, which can be useful for coping with life changes and chronic stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to agree what to try first and adjust methods as goals evolve. This means assessment, a shared formulation and regular review to ensure the selected techniques feel helpful.
Online formats offer practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and work with visual formulations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, updates between sessions or people who express themselves better in writing. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to access a registered professional from different locations.
| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- HCPC
- Languages
- English
