Nathan Dean, NCPS

Nathan Dean is a counsellor who aims to help people feeling stuck, confused, or overwhelmed by life’s changes. He works in a person-centred way, listening first and tailoring the work to what each person needs. Nathan commonly helps with anxiety, depression, grief, stress and issues around self-esteem and life transitions.

He draws on several therapeutic ideas rather than giving one-size-fits-all advice. Sessions look at what is happening now and how a person makes sense of it, and may borrow practical techniques when useful. Nathan describes this time as your time - he will guide and challenge when needed, but the pace and focus follow the client’s priorities.

Nathan has four years of clinical experience and holds the NCPS credential. He practises from the United Kingdom and works with people internationally, carrying a particular interest in concerns such as ADHD, chronic illness, trauma and intimacy-related issues.

He also speaks openly about living with Crohn’s disease and an ileostomy, and he uses that lived experience when supporting clients who face chronic health challenges. Nathan offers shorter options such as a structured check-in series called a Mental Health MOT when a full course of therapy is not required.

Nathan combines person-centred listening with techniques from cognitive approaches and narrative work. Conversations often include mapping values and goals, looking at patterns, and trying small, practical changes between sessions. Before booking, readers should confirm current session formats and scheduling details.

How Nathan’s approaches fit online work

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the session. It involves listening closely, reflecting back what matters to the client, and letting the conversation follow the client’s priorities. This approach helps with grief, depression, life changes and making sense of difficult emotions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and short experiments to test unhelpful patterns and try alternative ways of coping. CBT can be useful for anxiety, stress, sleep and lowering distress between sessions.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Nathan will work with each person to agree what methods to try and will adapt the mix as goals change. He treats the choice of approach as something to test together rather than a fixed plan.

Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions around everyday life and reducing travel time. Because the biography does not specify session formats, readers should check which options are currently offered before booking. Many people find online conversations easier to schedule around work or family, and practical tools from CBT or narrative work transfer well into short tasks between sessions to keep progress moving.