Thomas Atkin
Practical, direct support for relationships and identity
About Thomas
Thomas Atkin helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, and self-esteem. He also supports clients dealing with LGBT-related issues and a range of related difficulties such as social anxiety, jealousy, guilt and shame, and questions around commitment and identity. Thomas works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.
He uses a direct, practical style in sessions. That means he will guide conversations, offer clear reflections and help clients name patterns that keep causing pain.
Background and approach
The aim is to help people understand their triggers and where they come from. Sessions focus on real-life changes rather than long theory talks. With three years of professional experience and the NCPS credential, Thomas combines straightforward talk with structured tasks between sessions.
Those tasks are designed to build new habits and test different ways of relating. Clients often leave sessions with specific steps to try in day-to-day life. Thomas pays attention to relationship dynamics and areas where identity and intimacy meet.
He helps people who are exploring gender dysphoria, non-monogamous relationships, avoidance around closeness, or strains within family life to clarify what matters to them. Work can include talking through difficult decisions, practising new communication, and rebuilding self-respect. Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Prospective clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
What Thomas works with
Sessions & fees
How Thomas’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Thomas uses evidence-based techniques that focus on understanding triggers and changing unhelpful patterns. One common approach he uses is directive, problem-focused work where the counsellor helps identify recurrent thoughts and behaviours and suggests practical experiments to try in daily life. This suits people facing anxiety, avoidance around intimacy, or relationship patterns that keep repeating.He also draws on identity-focused dialogue that helps people name and make sense of feelings around gender, sexual orientation, and relationship structure. These conversations aim to clarify values, reduce self-blame, and support decisions about relationships or identity exploration.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Thomas will discuss options with each person, adapt techniques to their needs, and check in about what is helpful. Together they set goals and try different ways of working until a good fit emerges.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into everyday life. Video calls allow face-to-face work and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging are useful for shorter check-ins or flexible scheduling. These formats help people access consistent support while balancing work, family and other 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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Avoidant personality
- Commitment issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
