Dorcas Upshall, BACP

Dorcas Upshall is a counsellor who centres each session on the person's goals. She helps people find clearer ways to be themselves, understand problems that feel stuck, and build emotional confidence for everyday life. Sessions aim to make difficult issues easier to talk about and to spot practical next steps.

When stress, anxiety, work pressures or relationship strains mount up, she offers a calm space to talk things through. Dorcas listens with a focus on what matters to the individual, and helps people notice thought patterns and behaviours that could be holding them back.

Her background includes work in domestic abuse services, women’s centres, pastoral care in schools, LGBT+ charities, and addiction and recovery settings. She has also worked in specialist provisions for adults and young people with additional needs, and spent over ten years teaching. This variety informs her practical, down-to-earth approach.

Dorcas uses conversational, person-focused methods alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Internal Family Systems ideas to help people change unhelpful patterns. She also draws on Existential perspectives to assist people in thinking about meaning and purpose.

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted. To begin, people use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How counselling approaches can work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps when someone needs to feel heard and to name their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and offers practical ways to try different responses to anxiety, low mood or unhelpful habits. Internal Family Systems helps people notice different parts of themselves and how those parts affect choices and relationships, which can be useful for trauma, shame or pattern-based problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they will try approaches or combine ideas and adjust the plan as needed, so therapy fits the person's pace and aims.

The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also means people can meet a therapist based in the United Kingdom from other locations if international arrangements suit both parties.