Raymond Ronan

Raymond Ronan is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He has a BA Honours degree in counselling and seven years of professional practice. He speaks from lived experience of serious health and life challenges and uses that perspective when supporting people through difficult times.

Before becoming a counsellor he worked in finance and business roles. He shares that background because it shaped how he listens, asks practical questions, and helps people untangle complex problems. He also draws on his own recovery from a mental health crisis and from liver cancer when relevant to a person’s story.

Raymond offers a calm, conversational style. Sessions aim to be non-judgemental and grounded in empathy. He emphasises honesty, simple tools, and realistic steps that a person can try between meetings. The tone is direct but warm, and he encourages people to bring whatever matters most to them.

He works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, grief and relationship issues. Additional focuses listed include chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and communication problems. Raymond also names areas such as attachment issues and codependency among his interests.

People who prefer a practitioner with life experience and a practical outlook may find this approach helpful. He supports people from the United Kingdom and internationally. To begin, readers are asked to use the site Start Therapy flow so they can match and schedule according to availability.

How Raymond uses therapeutic approaches online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values. It can help when someone feels overwhelmed by anxiety, loss, or identity questions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, low mood and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations of others and can help people who struggle with trust, abandonment worries or repeating painful relationship patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Raymond will discuss goals and preferences and then suggest ways of working that suit the person. He sees therapy as collaborative, adjusting methods if something isn’t helping and building on what does.

The profile indicates he works with people internationally, but it does not specify session formats here. Please confirm the current online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, health appointments or caregiving by removing travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins, reduce the need to be on camera, or make it simpler to access support from a different region.