David Wilde , BACP

David Wilde is a United Kingdom credentialed therapist with 10 years of professional experience who supports people working through stress, anxiety, complex trauma, and the effects of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse. He also helps those coping with grief and loss, and he has experience addressing intimacy-related concerns and working with couples.

Holding BACP registration - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - David blends focused emotional work with practical support. As an advanced emotion-focused therapist, he helps clients name and process difficult emotions that can keep them feeling stuck, while guiding them to develop greater autonomy and resilience.

His approach emphasizes helping individuals gain more control over their lives by addressing the emotional patterns and responses that underpin distress. Whether someone is facing relationship difficulties, persistent anxiety, or the aftermath of trauma, David aims to create space for emotional change alongside the development of coping skills and personal agency.

Emotion-Focused and Evidence-Based Support Online

David Wilde uses emotion-focused work to help people identify, experience, and transform painful feelings that often maintain distress. This approach centers on accessing core emotions, understanding their role, and learning new ways to respond so that relationships, trauma responses, and patterns of avoidance can change.

Alongside that work he applies evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skill building - for example strategies to manage overwhelming anxiety, improve emotional regulation, and strengthen coping after loss or abuse. These structured techniques are used to reduce symptoms and increase everyday functioning while emotion-focused work attends to the deeper sources of difficulty.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the process. David collaborates with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences, reviewing progress and adjusting the plan together. Online sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - make this collaborative process more accessible, offering flexibility for scheduling, consistency across locations, and the ability to choose the format that feels most comfortable for the individual.