Neil Cochrane
Practical CBT for everyday challenges
About Neil
Neil Cochrane helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, anger and depression. He supports people facing relationship strain, workplace tension, grief, trauma and parenting pressures. He also works with issues such as sleep and eating problems, intimacy concerns, codependency, guilt and shame, and challenges common in young adulthood and men’s issues.
Neil is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. He has four years of counselling experience and uses cognitive behavioural therapy, often adapting it to suit the person in front of him.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps you can try between meetings. His style is straightforward and non-judgemental. He aims to build trust so people can speak openly about difficult feelings and events.
Conversations are collaborative - you and he agree the topics and pace. In practice Neil uses CBT techniques to help people notice patterns of thinking and behaviour, and to try small experiments that change unhelpful habits. He blends this with an integrative approach, meaning he tailors methods to each person’s needs and preferences.
Appointments are available online through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. People in the United Kingdom can start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session according to the therapist’s availability.
What Neil works with
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Sessions & fees
Working with CBT online and flexible session options
Neil regularly uses cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and changing the behaviours that keep problems going. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, stress, sleep difficulties and workplace worries because it breaks issues into concrete steps and short experiments.He describes his approach as integrative, which means he blends CBT techniques with other helpful methods depending on the person. Finding the right approach is a joint process - the therapist will talk through goals, try different tools and adjust the plan based on what works for the individual.
Online therapy here is offered by registered or accredited professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a fuller face-to-face feel, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, study and family life while keeping care accessible and flexible.
| 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
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
