Sean Wallis, BACP

Sean Wallis is a BACP counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. He works with issues like trauma, grief, ADHD, addictions and intimacy concerns. Sean often supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting pressures and the challenges that come with ageing and geriatric issues. He writes plainly and aims to make first steps feel manageable for someone who is anxious about starting therapy.

Sean uses a mix of approaches so sessions can be shaped around each person. He draws on attachment-focused ideas to understand relationship patterns and on client-centred ways of working that keep the person’s experience central. He also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help people recognise and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.

He has around five years of experience working in several settings. His background includes therapeutic children’s homes, specialist schools, a local college and a suicide prevention charity. Those roles informed how he works with trauma, attachment issues and people in crisis.

In the first meetings he often focuses on building trust and clarity about goals. Sean offers a shorter initial check-in as an option, so people can see what therapy might look like. After that, sessions move at a pace set by the client and shaped by clear, practical steps.

Sean also spends time mentoring and training others entering the field. He aims to make therapy straightforward and respectful, and to help people find ways to cope better and feel more in control of everyday life.

Approaches that shape online work

Sean uses attachment-based and client-centred approaches alongside cognitive behavioural techniques. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current patterns and helps people notice and change repeated ways of relating. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, empathy and following the person’s pace so the client’s own priorities guide the work. Cognitive behavioural methods help identify and test unhelpful thoughts and habits, offering clear exercises and small behavioural changes.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Sean treats therapeutic decisions as collaborative and will discuss which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences. Together the client and therapist check what feels useful and adapt plans as things change over time.

If you are thinking about online sessions, confirm the exact session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time and allowing sessions during lunch breaks or between appointments. It can also allow shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed, or reduce the need to be on camera by keeping things audio-based if that suits you better. Registered or accredited professionals use these options to help people continue therapy around everyday demands.