Simon Davies
Compassionate, practical counselling for life challenges
About Simon
Simon Davies is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with a Master’s degree in Counselling and three years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people through stress, anxiety, grief and trauma. He aims to create a warm, approachable space where people can talk honestly about what’s worrying them.
He uses a client-led, integrative style that adapts to each person’s needs. That means conversations will be guided by what matters most to the individual while drawing on practical tools where they help.
Background and approach
Common themes he supports include self-esteem, coping with life changes, addictions and workplace pressure. Simon has worked in online and face-to-face roles, with non-profits, independent practice and in prisons. Those experiences have informed how he handles sensitive issues such as post-traumatic stress, fatherhood concerns, first responder stress and family of origin problems.
He aims to meet people with patience and directness. In sessions he listens for practical ways to reduce distress and build on existing strengths. Techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy may be used to spot patterns and try small changes.
Trauma-focused ideas are applied when past events continue to affect day-to-day life. He supports people struggling with isolation, guilt, forgiveness and finding life purpose. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online by following the platform steps to match and schedule with him.
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Sessions & fees
How Simon’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and pace. The counsellor listens closely and reflects what comes up so people can make sense of their feelings and choices. It suits anyone wanting a respectful space to understand themselves better.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thinking and behaviour patterns that keep problems going. Online sessions can include short exercises or simple tasks between meetings to try different ways of coping with anxiety, low mood or workplace stress.
Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to how past events affect current reactions. Work in this area moves carefully and aims to reduce the hold of distressing memories on day-to-day life, often combining grounding techniques and pacing to match what the person can manage.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The counsellor will listen to goals, try options and adjust methods as the work unfolds. People often combine elements from different approaches until they find what helps.
Online therapy is flexible and practical. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distance. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break. Live chat and text messaging let people check in or have shorter, more frequent contact. These options make it easier to sustain therapy around work, family and travel 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
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English