Declan Kent, BACP

Declan Kent offers straightforward, practical support for people who are feeling stuck by thoughts, routines and daily habits. He welcomes conversations about low mood, anxiety, stress and the small patterns that make life harder. Declan uses clear language and a calm manner to help people make sense of what is happening day to day.

He trained in psychology at undergraduate level and then completed a masters in counselling and psychotherapy. Before training he worked in clinical settings and volunteered as an honorary assistant psychologist in hospitals, seeing a wide range of behaviours and care approaches. That early experience shaped his interest in learning many ways of helping people.

Declan works in an integrative way, choosing methods that suit the person and the issue. He draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural ideas, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment perspectives, attachment-based thinking and skills from dialectical behaviour therapy. He frames therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s knowledge of their life guides the work.

In sessions he aims to focus on practical steps and on understanding the habits that keep problems alive. He helps people notice thought patterns, test unhelpful beliefs and try different responses in everyday life. The emphasis is on small, manageable changes rather than instant fixes.

He holds BACP accreditation, which reflects professional membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sessions are offered in English and take place in the United Kingdom.

How Declan’s approaches translate to online work

Declan draws on cognitive behavioural ideas, acceptance and commitment perspectives and attachment-based thinking in his work. Cognitive behavioural approaches look at how thoughts and behaviours interact and use simple experiments and skill practice to change patterns. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on noticing thoughts without fighting them and committing to actions that match personal values. Attachment-based ideas highlight how early close relationships shape current ways of relating and can help make sense of repeated patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Declan treats therapy as collaborative and will discuss which methods might fit a person’s goals and everyday life. He tailors sessions so the client can try things between meetings and see what helps in practice.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit talking therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed and reduce travel time. It also lets people use tools such as worksheets, mindfulness exercises and behavioural experiments together with the counsellor to build new habits.