Dr. William Cook

Dr. William Cook is a counsellor with 18 years of experience working in the United Kingdom. He holds BACP and NCPS credentials and has spent nearly two decades helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma and relationship problems. He speaks English, Spanish and French and accepts international clients. He aims for clear, practical sessions that focus on what matters most to each person. In conversation he helps clients identify what feels unmanageable and chooses straightforward steps to try between meetings. He works with issues such as intimacy concerns, grief, parenting strain, self-esteem, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD and compassion fatigue. His approach blends attachment-based ideas with client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques. He also draws on elements of dialectical behaviour work and emotionally-focused methods when those fit a client’s goals. That mix is used to help people build emotion regulation skills, improve close relationships and change unhelpful patterns. William has experience supporting people from diverse backgrounds and with complex presentations, including adoption and foster care matters, neurodivergence, body image, chronic illness and care-giver stress. He can offer Christian counselling on request and has worked with community services and relief organisations. Outside of clinical work he writes about addiction and promotes mental health education. He describes therapy as a collaborative process and encourages people to set small, achievable goals. To begin, readers are invited to use the site’s Start Therapy flow to match and schedule sessions.

How these approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-Based Therapy helps people understand patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current trust and intimacy. It is useful for people struggling with attachment issues, abandonment fears or repeated conflict in relationships.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on empathic listening and supporting a person's own pace of change. It suits those who need a steady, non-directive space to make sense of feelings and find their own solutions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) provides practical tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours. It often helps with anxiety, depression, stress and coping with change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before, then suggest which methods to try together. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted as progress is reviewed.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, for example by removing travel time and allowing appointments around work or family commitments. If you want to know which session formats are currently offered, confirm the options before booking so you can choose what fits your routine. Registered or accredited professionals can use online sessions to teach emotion regulation skills, support relationship work and offer focused problem-solving in ways that suit day-to-day life.