Douglas Barbieri

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy

About Douglas

Douglas Barbieri works with people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self esteem and depression. He uses conversation to help people make sense of difficult feelings and to notice patterns that keep them stuck. Douglas is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and has six years of professional experience.

He frames sessions as a collaborative space where clients can talk through what feels overwhelming. He helps people increase self-awareness and look at personality traits they may not have noticed before. He offers different perspectives to help people make clearer decisions about their lives.

Douglas draws on a mix of approaches, including client-centred work, cognitive behavioural ideas, emotionally-focused techniques, existential perspectives and mindfulness practices. That variety means he can explore feelings, thoughts and behaviour from several angles rather than using one fixed method.

In practice he may look at negative automatic thoughts, work-related stress, identity and cultural issues, grieving, and substance-related concerns. He also addresses issues linked to attachment, abandonment, body image, chronic illness and parenting roles such as fatherhood issues.

Sessions aim to increase awareness of emotions and behaviour while offering practical ways to manage distress. He works with people who want to understand why they feel a certain way, and with those who have a particular problem they want to change. Douglas offers sessions in English and Portuguese and accepts international clients.

How his therapeutic approaches work in online sessions

Douglas uses client-centred work to focus on what the person brings to each session, listening for concerns and responding to the client's priorities. This approach helps when someone wants to explore feelings, identity or relationship issues at their own pace.

He also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical steps to change thinking and behaviour. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression and patterns that affect daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is treated as a joint process. He will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods as therapy progresses, working with the client to decide which techniques feel most helpful.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking as the biography does not specify them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, family or travel. It can also allow a shorter check-in when time is limited or let someone avoid travel on a busy day. Registered or accredited professionals can use different formats, so check which one will be used when you arrange your first appointment.

Topics Douglas lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Abandonment
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Body image
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dissociation
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Emptiness
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Infidelity
• Isolation and 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
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Post-traumatic stress
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Somatization
• Traumatic brain injury
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Existential Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Douglas

Does he work with anxiety?

Yes. He lists anxiety among his main areas and uses methods that address anxious thoughts and behaviours.

What kind of counselling does he offer?

He uses client-centred, cognitive behavioural, emotionally-focused, existential and mindfulness approaches.

What experience does he have?

He has six years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom.

Is he part of a professional body and where is he based?

He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and works from the United Kingdom.

What languages can sessions be held in?

Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.

Can international clients book with him?

Yes, he accepts international clients.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started with him?

Choose the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.