Stephen Davis, BACP
Stephen Davis is a counsellor with ten years' experience who draws on straightforward, practical approaches to help people make sense of painful or confusing moments.
About Stephen
Stephen Davis is a counsellor with ten years' experience who draws on straightforward, practical approaches to help people make sense of painful or confusing moments. He welcomes conversations about anxiety, stress, relationships and doubts about purpose, and listens in a calm, attentive way. Stephen holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works from the United Kingdom.
In sessions he mixes cognitive and emotional methods to help clients notice patterns and try small changes.
Background and approach
That might mean looking at unhelpful thinking, exploring feelings beneath behaviour, or talking about life choices and values. He also uses motivational interviewing to support people who want to make a change but feel stuck. Stephen helps people facing relationship strain, low self-esteem, career pressures, grief, or the after-effects of trauma and abuse.
He also offers support around parenting, fatherhood issues, chronic illness, and challenges linked to identity and LGBT concerns. His additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, communication problems, infidelity, and anger. Sessions aim to be practical and down-to-earth.
Stephen will work with each person to set small, realistic steps and talk through what helps and what gets in the way. He describes his style as adaptable and intuitive, matching the way he works to what the person needs right now. People who prefer remote options can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging.
To begin, the site matching process connects people with him and then a session can be scheduled according to availability.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 196718 | March 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.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Stephen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
Ways of working Stephen names
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Using CBT and Existential ideas in online counselling
Stephen commonly works with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Existential Therapy as part of his online practice. CBT focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and helps people try manageable changes to ease anxiety, low mood and unhelpful habits. Existential Therapy looks at questions of meaning, choice and values, helping people who feel stuck or who are searching for greater purpose and direction.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stephen will discuss what matters to the person and use that to shape sessions, trying methods together and adjusting as needed. The process is collaborative so goals and techniques are agreed with the client rather than imposed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make counselling flexible. Video is useful for a fuller conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit a short check-in, and messaging lets people write through things between calls. These options can help fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life while keeping regular contact with a therapist.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Stephen commonly help with?
He supports people with relationship strain, low self-esteem, stress and anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar. He also works with issues like parenting, fatherhood, chronic illness, infidelity and communication problems.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
Stephen uses an integrative, practical style that mixes cognitive and emotional approaches. He focuses on noticing patterns, trying small changes and exploring what matters to the person.
What experience does he bring to sessions?
He has ten years of experience as a practising counsellor and has worked with a wide range of common life and relationship difficulties.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He works from the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.