Simon Barkley
Support for stress, addiction and relationships
About Simon
Simon Barkley helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem and major life changes. He supports those dealing with grief, trauma, sleeping problems, career worries and compassion fatigue. Simon also offers practical help around anger, relationship difficulties and substance issues.
Simon works in a straightforward, strengths-focused way. He treats the person as the expert in their story and looks for existing strengths to build on. Sessions are collaborative and aim to identify blind spots, increase motivation and set practical steps for change.
Background and approach
He uses a mix of talking approaches to suit each person. Cognitive techniques are used to shift unhelpful thinking and behaviours. Client-centred ideas guide how the session feels, offering empathy and acceptance.
Motivational methods can help when someone needs to find or rebuild drive to change. Simon has eight years of professional experience, with a background supporting people through addiction, bereavement and trauma. He combines that experience with a thoughtful, person-led approach to help clients move forward.
Simon holds BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. He works with people across a wide range of concerns, including complex areas such as attachment issues, eating and food-related problems, and domestic violence impacts. Sessions aim to be practical.
Simon helps clients set realistic goals, practise new skills between meetings and track small changes over time. He encourages open conversation about progress and adjusts the work to match each person's needs.
What Simon works with
How Simon works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Simon commonly blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural therapy to address thoughts, feelings and everyday behaviours. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping people feel understood so they can find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) involves spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and practising small behavioural experiments to reduce anxiety, depression or sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, then tailor methods together. This collaborative process means techniques are chosen and adjusted to fit each person’s needs rather than imposed in a fixed way.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer shorter check-ins or written reflection. These options make it simpler to maintain momentum, try different formats and fit therapy around work, travel or family commitments.
| 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
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- 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 and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
