Angela Neary, BACP
Angela Neary helps people facing a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship problems, addiction, trauma and grief.
About Angela
Angela Neary helps people facing a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship problems, addiction, trauma and grief. She also supports people with self-esteem, stress, intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges and career or life-change struggles. Angela is named up front to make it clear who you would meet.
She uses a warm, interactive style. Sessions focus on listening first, then working together to find practical steps that fit each person's life.
Background and approach
She avoids labels and treats people with respect and plain speaking. Angela trained as a person-centred counsellor and lists the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, among her professional details. She has worked for 20 years as a therapist and as a mental health improvement officer within community settings.
Her background includes collaborating with social care and social work teams and supporting adults across a broad age range. That community experience informs how she tailors sessions to day-to-day pressures and real-life problems. In practice she blends person-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness tools.
Sessions aim to help people understand patterns, try small changes and build skills for coping. Angela emphasises shared planning, so treatment goals are practical and personal. People meet a counsellor who listens, challenges gently when needed, and keeps the pace appropriate to the individual.
If someone is ready to take steps, she offers steady support as they work through the issues that brought them to therapy.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 107308 | December 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Angela lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Angela names
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Approaches and how online therapy can help
Angela combines person-centred counselling with cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness practices. Person-centred work focuses on attentive, non-judgemental listening and helps people find their own answers while feeling understood. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce rumination and increase calm in daily life. Deciding on the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then shape a plan together. That means sessions can mix methods so the approach fits the person and the issue they brought. Online formats make it easier to attend therapy from different places and at varied times. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions use less data and can be a good option for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing, need flexibility across the day, or want to reflect between messages. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques to these formats so work continues even when meeting remotely.Frequently asked
What kinds of problems can Angela help with?
She supports people with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, addiction, trauma and grief. Additional areas include self-esteem, eating concerns, bipolar mood issues and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her way of working?
Her style is warm and interactive, with a focus on listening first and then working together on practical next steps. She aims to avoid labels and tailors the approach to each person's needs.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Angela has 20 years of experience as a counsellor and has worked as a mental health improvement officer in community settings. She has collaborated with social care and social work teams during her career.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She lists the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, among her professional details and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions available in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging as ways to meet with a counsellor.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a course of therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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