Sean Wallis, BACP
5 years in practice
Sean Wallis welcomes people who are worried, overwhelmed or unsure about starting therapy.
License and registration
- BACP
- 391814 · expires December 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Sean
Sean Wallis welcomes people who are worried, overwhelmed or unsure about starting therapy. He writes plainly and will meet you where you are, offering a short initial check-in if that feels easier than a full first session. Sean presents himself as calm and approachable and focuses on building a trusting working relationship from the start.
Sean has five years of experience in a range of therapeutic environments. He holds BACP registration, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Background and approach
His background includes work in therapeutic children's homes, specialist provision schools, a local college, and a suicide prevention charity. Sean uses a mix of ways to work that are chosen to fit each person. He draws on existential ideas about meaning and choice, attachment-based thinking about relationships, and client-centred listening that prioritises the person's perspective.
He also uses cognitive behavioural techniques and Jungian ideas when these suit the issue at hand. Common concerns he helps with include anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, stress, addictive behaviours, ADHD and parenting strains. He also has experience with identity questions such as LGBT matters and with less typical focuses like kink and alternative sexual culture.
Sessions can begin with a brief check-in to help you feel more comfortable. Sean aims to move at a pace that feels manageable and to be clear about what happens in sessions. He also offers mentoring and training for people entering the therapeutic field.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sean lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- 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
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sean names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Sean adapts therapeutic approaches for online work
Sean commonly uses existential therapy, attachment-based therapy and client-centred approaches in his online practice. Existential therapy focuses on questions of meaning, choice and responsibility and can help when life changes or identity concerns feel overwhelming. Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and patterns and is useful for intimacy, separation and caregiving issues. Client-centred therapy prioritises the person's own experience and uses empathic listening to help people feel heard and understood.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. He discusses goals and preferences with each person and tailors sessions accordingly so the method matches what you want to address. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as themes emerge across sessions.
Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video gives visual connection for deeper conversational work. Phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who want flexible, written exchanges. These options make therapy more practical around work, family and day-to-day demands while keeping the focus on the therapeutic relationship and the work you want to do.
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Questions people ask
What sorts of problems does this counsellor help with?
He supports people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, stress, addiction concerns, ADHD and parenting strains among other life difficulties.
What is the therapist's general way of working?
He adopts a relational, person-centred stance while drawing on existential ideas, attachment-informed thinking and cognitive behavioural methods as needed.
What experience does he bring to sessions?
He has five years of practical experience working in therapeutic children's homes, specialist schools, a college and a suicide prevention charity.
What professional registration does he hold and where is he based?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in therapy?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with him?
He is not currently accepting international clients and works with people within the United Kingdom.
How are online sessions delivered?
Therapy can be carried out via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How do I begin a therapy relationship with him?
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