Ian — Senior Accredited CBT Therapist & Lead Counsellor, Wantage
At a Glance
- Senior Accredited Member — BACP, MBACP (Senior Accredited)
- Senior Accredited Member — NCPS, SNCPS (Acc.)
- SCoPEd Band C — highest level of the shared counselling and psychotherapy competence framework
- PGCert (Level 7) Clinical Supervision · BSc (Hons) CBT · Diploma MBCT · Diploma Person-Centred · Certificate ACT · Certificate Trauma · Certificate CBTi
- 25 years senior management and directorial experience
- Individual CBT counselling · Workplace & employee counselling · EAP support · Executive coaching · Clinical supervision · LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling · Group mindfulness
- Founder and lead counsellor — Hope Therapy & Counselling Services
- Co-presenter — The Talk Room podcast (60+ episodes, international listeners)
- Based in Wantage, Oxfordshire — currently online and telephone UK-wide
- Adults (18+) · EAP clients · Organisations · LGBTQIA+ clients
- £120 per session (counselling · supervision · LGBTQIA+ affirming) · £150 (executive coaching)
- Daytime and evenings · Free 15-minute consultation
Senior Accredited CBT Therapist & Lead Counsellor in Wantage — About Ian
Ian is the founder and lead counsellor of Hope Therapy & Counselling Services. He holds Senior Accredited status with both the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy — MBACP (Senior Accredited) — and the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society — SNCPS (Acc). He operates at SCoPEd Band C, the highest tier of the shared competence framework for the counselling and psychotherapy professions. As a Senior Accredited counsellor offering online CBT informed counselling across the UK, Ian brings a wealth of experience to his practice.
What makes Ian genuinely distinctive — as a CBT informed counsellor, as the person who leads Hope Therapy’s workplace counselling and employee mental health support, and as an executive coach — is not only the depth of his clinical qualifications. It is the 25 years he spent before and alongside his counselling practice working in senior management and directorial roles within major organisations. That experience gives his individual counselling, his workplace mental health work, and his executive coaching a grounding in organisational reality. If you are looking for an online CBT informed counsellor in Oxfordshire who also understands the pressures of working life from the inside, Ian’s combination of clinical excellence and substantial lived organisational experience is rare and genuinely valuable.
Ian founded Hope Therapy & Counselling Services because he had seen, from both sides of the counselling room, what happens when people cannot access the support they need. Too many people were going without — because the cost of private practice placed it out of reach, because finding the right therapist felt overwhelming, or because the services available did not reflect the diversity of the people seeking them. He wanted to build something different: an organisation that combined genuine clinical quality with real accessibility, where clients would be carefully matched rather than simply allocated. More than a decade later, Hope Therapy & Counselling Services has grown into a team of over 90 qualified counsellors and practitioners working across England — and that founding commitment remains at the centre of everything it does.
Ian is based in Wantage, Oxfordshire, and currently offers all sessions online and by telephone to clients and organisations across the UK. He is co-presenter of The Talk Room — Hope Therapy’s podcast on mental health and wellbeing, with over 60 episodes and listeners across the world.
Background & Experience
Ian qualified as a counsellor in 2013 and has been working in private practice and supporting organisational settings ever since. Before and alongside his counselling work, he spent 25 years in senior management and directorial roles — leading large, multi-disciplinary teams, supporting senior leaders through professional and personal challenges, and operating at the intersection of organisational strategy and human wellbeing. His experience as a CBT informed therapist and counsellor online across the UK is therefore inseparable from his understanding of the organisations and working environments his clients and their employers navigate every day.
When Ian leads Hope Therapy’s workplace counselling and employee mental health support, he does so as someone who has genuinely been inside those organisations — who knows what they demand of people, how the difference between a supportive and an unsupportive workplace culture shows up in mental health and performance, and what meaningful employee counselling looks like in practice. That 25 years of lived organisational experience is the foundation of Hope Therapy’s workplace mental health and employee counselling offer — and it is what sets Ian apart from counsellors and coaches who have approached the same territory from the outside.
He is on the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society’s approved supervisor register and holds a Level 7 Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision, offering counselling supervision online to qualified and trainee counsellors across the UK. His qualifications include a BSc (Hons) in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Diplomas in MBCT and Person-Centred counselling, and Certificates in ACT, trauma-informed practice, and CBT for Insomnia. He maintains regular professional supervision appropriate to his level of practice and is committed to ongoing professional development at the highest standard.
Workplace Counselling & Employee Mental Health Support — UK
Hope Therapy provides workplace counselling and employee mental health support to organisations across the UK — and Ian is the person who leads that service. As a Senior Accredited CBT informed therapist and counsellor with 25 years of senior organisational experience, he is uniquely placed to help organisations understand what their people actually need and to put the right counselling and mental health support in place to meet those needs. Workplace counselling UK. Employee mental health support online UK. Staff counselling online. Corporate mental health support UK. Employee counselling programme online.
Most organisations approach employee mental health from the outside — commissioning a service without fully understanding what their people are navigating on the inside. Ian approaches it from both directions simultaneously. As a Senior Accredited CBT informed therapist and counsellor, he understands what therapeutic support can and cannot do, and how to match the right practitioner to the right employee’s needs and presentation. As someone who has spent 25 years inside organisations in senior management and directorial level, he understands the specific pressures, team dynamics, performance cultures, and leadership expectations that shape how mental health and stress show up at work. That combination is rare — and it means that when Ian helps an organisation build its employee counselling and mental health support, the result reflects the actual reality of that workplace, not a generic template applied from the outside.
When an organisation works with Hope Therapy, Ian manages the client relationship and oversees the service. The counselling itself is delivered across Hope Therapy’s team of over 90 qualified practitioners — each carefully matched to the individual employee’s needs, presentation, and preferences. Organisations therefore benefit from both Ian’s organisational understanding and clinical leadership, and the depth and specialist breadth of a full counselling team. This is employee mental health support that is clinically rigorous, organisationally informed, and genuinely responsive to what each person is actually dealing with. Workplace mental health programme UK. Employee wellbeing counselling online UK. Staff mental health support UK. Organisational counselling UK. Workplace wellbeing support online.
Employee counselling services include
Individual employee counselling online UK · Workplace stress counselling online · Anxiety and depression support for employees · Occupational stress counselling online UK · Burnout counselling for employees online UK · Bereavement support for staff · Relationship and personal difficulties affecting work performance · Trauma support following workplace incidents · Management referral counselling online UK · Return-to-work counselling support · Confidential counselling for staff online · Mental health support for managers online UK.
EAP Support — Employee Assistance Programmes
Ian leads Hope Therapy’s Employee Assistance Programme support — connecting organisations and their employees with counselling and mental health provision that is properly matched, clinically sound, and genuinely responsive to what each person is dealing with.
Hope Therapy’s EAP support is not a generic helpline. It is a managed service, led by Ian, in which employees are matched with qualified counsellors from across the Hope Therapy team whose clinical experience and therapeutic approach fits what they are bringing. Ian’s role is to oversee that matching process, maintain the clinical quality of the service, and ensure that both the organisation and its employees are getting support that actually addresses their needs. His 25 years working inside organisations at senior and directorial level means he understands what employees are navigating — the performance pressures, the management dynamics, the way that sustained workplace stress accumulates — and can brief and match counsellors accordingly.
Organisations that work with Hope Therapy for EAP support get a service led by someone who has been in the rooms their employees are trying to cope with — and backed by a team of over 90 qualified counsellors who between them cover the full spectrum of mental health presentations, therapeutic approaches, and specialist experience that a diverse workforce will require.
Executive Coaching — Online UK
Ian’s executive coaching is built on 25 years of senior management and directorial experience — not on a coaching framework, but on direct, lived knowledge of what leadership at the highest organisational levels actually demands and costs. He has led large teams, supported directors and senior managers through complex professional and personal challenges, and navigated board-level decision-making under pressure. If you are looking for an executive coach online in the UK who brings both genuine organisational credibility and clinical depth as a Senior Accredited Counsellor, Ian offers a combination that is genuinely difficult to find.
Ian’s coaching draws on his clinical training as well as his organisational background — bringing psychological sophistication and therapeutic insight to leadership development work that most executive coaches, coming from a purely business background, cannot offer. He works with senior leaders, directors, and those in significant roles who are navigating leadership complexity, managing their own wellbeing alongside high-pressure professional demands, or seeking to develop a more reflective, considered, and sustainable approach to how they lead.
Clinical Supervision — Online UK
Ian offers counselling supervision online to qualified and trainee counsellors across the UK. He is on the NCPS approved supervisor register and holds a Postgraduate Certificate (Level 7) in Clinical Supervision — the highest academic level of supervision training available. As a Senior Accredited member of both BACP and NCPS with over twelve years of clinical practice, he brings a depth of supervisory experience that few supervisors nationally can offer.
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Counselling — Online UK
Ian is an LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Therapist — a commitment to practice that is fully informed by and welcoming of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and questioning experiences. Working with an LGBTQIA+ affirming CBT informed therapist and counsellor online means that no aspect of your sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression is treated as something you are unable to explore.
Individual CBT & Mindfulness Counselling — Online Oxfordshire & UK
Ian offers individual CBT and mindfulness-informed counselling online and by telephone to adults across the UK. His degree-level CBT qualification, Diploma in MBCT, Certificate in ACT, and Certificate in CBTi give him a depth and breadth of evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
Anxiety — CBT, MBCT and ACT online
If you are looking for a CBT therapist for anxiety online in Oxfordshire or anywhere in the UK, Ian’s BSc (Hons) in CBT and Diploma in MBCT give him a depth of training two of the most evidence-based approaches to. He works with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) counselling online, social anxiety CBT informed therapy online, health anxiety counselling online UK, panic disorder CBT online, panic attacks counselling online Oxfordshire, OCD counselling online UK, performance anxiety counselling online, and phobia therapy online. GAD counsellor online Oxfordshire. CBT for anxiety online UK. MBCT for anxiety online. ACT for anxiety online UK. Online anxiety therapist Oxfordshire.
Depression — CBT and MBCT online
CBT informed therapy and counselling for depression online Oxfordshire with Ian — including MBCT, developed specifically for recurrent depression and with a robust evidence base for relapse prevention. If you have experienced multiple episodes of depression and are looking for an online CBT informed therapist or counsellor, Ian’s combination of degree-level CBT and MBCT Diploma is well suited to this work.
Insomnia — CBTi online
CBT for Insomnia (CBTi) online with Ian — the NICE-recommended first-line treatment for chronic insomnia, and one of the most clinically effective interventions available for sleep disorders. Ian holds a Certificate in CBTi, making him one of a relatively small number of counsellors in the UK with a specific qualification in this area. CBTi is particularly valuable for people who have tried sleep hygiene advice, relaxation techniques, or short-term sleep medication without lasting improvement.
Group Mindfulness Programmes — Online UK
Ian offers structured 8-week group mindfulness programmes online, including Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness-Based Compassion-Focused Therapy (MBCFT) — two of the most well-evidenced mindfulness-based approaches available. These programmes draw on Ian’s Diploma in MBCT and his extensive experience facilitating group mindfulness work, and are open to adults across the UK.
The Talk Room Podcast
Ian is co-presenter of The Talk Room — Hope Therapy’s podcast on mental health, relationships, and wellbeing. With over 60 episodes and listeners across the world, The Talk Room covers anxiety, depression, workplace mental health, relationships, self-esteem, mindfulness, CBT, and much more. It is one of the most accessible and genuinely informed mental health podcasts produced by a UK counselling practice — and hearing Ian discuss the topics he works with every day as a Senior Accredited CBT informed therapist and counsellor is one of the most immediate ways to understand how he thinks and works. You can find every episode at hopefulminds.co.uk/podcasts/
Read what clients and organisations say about working with Ian and the Hope Therapy team at hopefulminds.co.uk/testimonials/
Individual & Organisational Sessions — Online UK
Ian is based in Wantage, Oxfordshire, and currently offers all sessions online and by telephone to individuals and organisations across the UK. Online counselling with Ian in Oxfordshire and across the UK is available during the day and in the evenings.
For individual clients: Ian offers online CBT and mindfulness-informed counselling and therapy, LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling online, CBTi for insomnia online, and clinical supervision for counsellors. For organisations: Ian leads Hope Therapy’s workplace counselling, employee mental health support, and EAP service — with counselling delivered across Hope Therapy’s team of 90+ practitioners under his oversight and matching. Executive coaching online is available for senior leaders and directors. All services are delivered online or by telephone, making them accessible to individuals and organisations anywhere in the UK.
Sessions are 50 minutes. All sessions are confidential. There are limited circumstances in which this may need to change — for example, if there is a serious risk of harm to you or others. Ian will explain these clearly before any work begins.
Location — Currently Online, Based in Wantage, Oxfordshire
Ian is based in Wantage, Oxfordshire, and is currently offering online counselling and telephone counselling only. All individual CBT informed therapy, workplace counselling, EAP support, executive coaching, and clinical supervision are available online to anyone across the UK.
| Didcot | 15 mins |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 15 mins |
| Faringdon | 15 mins |
| Oxford | 20 mins |
| Witney | 20 mins |
| Wallingford | 20 mins |
| Newbury | 25 mins |
| Swindon | 25 mins |
| Cirencester | 30 mins |
| Basingstoke | 30 mins |
All sessions with Ian are currently online or by telephone. Individual CBT informed counselling, workplace counselling, EAP support, executive coaching, and clinical supervision are all available to anyone across the UK regardless of location.
Ian’s online counselling and telephone therapy practice draws individual clients from across Oxfordshire — including Oxford, Abingdon-on-Thames, Didcot, Swindon, and Newbury — and from anywhere in the UK seeking specialist CBT informed therapy and counselling online, CBTi for insomnia, executive coaching, workplace counselling, clinical supervision, or LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling online.
Fees
- CBT & Mindfulness-informed counselling: £120 per session
- Clinical supervision: £120 per session
- LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling: £120 per session
- Executive coaching: £150 per session
- Workplace counselling & EAP support: please enquire
- Group mindfulness programmes: 8-week online — please enquire
Book a Free Consultation — Individual or Organisation
Whether you are an individual looking for CBT informed therapy online, clinical supervision for counsellors, LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling, or CBTi for insomnia — or an organisation looking to put meaningful workplace counselling and employee mental health support in place — a free 15-minute consultation is the right place to start. Ian welcomes both individual and organisational enquiries. There is no commitment and no pressure. Workplace mental health enquiries UK. Employee counselling enquiries online. CBT consultation online UK.
Hope Therapy’s team is also available by phone 24 hours a day if you would prefer to speak to someone before booking.
Book your free consultation: https://calendly.com/hopetherapy/15-minute-consultation
More Info
| Qualifications | BSc (Hons) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, PGCert (Level 7) Clinical Supervision, Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling, Diploma in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Certificate in working with Trauma, Certificate in CBT for Insomnia. |
| Professional membership | Senior Accredited Member — BACP, MBACP (Senior Accredited) Senior Accredited Member — NCPS, SNCPS (Acc.) SCoPEd Band C · NCPS Approved Supervisor Register · Coaching Association (CA) |
| Services | Individual CBT counselling · Workplace & employee counselling · EAP support · Executive coaching · Clinical supervision · LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling · Group mindfulness (MBCT & MBCFT) |
| Therapeutic approach | CBT · MBCT · ACT · Person-Centred · CBTi · Trauma-informed |
| Session format | Online (video) · Telephone — UK-wide (currently no face-to-face) |
| Session length | 50 minutes |
| Availability | Daytime · Evenings |
| Fee | £120 (counselling, supervision, LGBTQIA+ affirming) · £150 (executive coaching) · Workplace/EAP — enquire |
| Base location | Wantage, Oxfordshire (currently online only) |
| Languages | English |
| Podcast | The Talk Room — hopefulminds.co.uk/podcasts/ |
| Testimonials | hopefulminds.co.uk/testimonials/ |
| Last reviewed | April 2026 |
| Booking | https://calendly.com/hopetherapy/15-minute-consultation |
Further Areas Ian Works With
- ACT for anxiety online UK
- Anger management counselling online Oxfordshire
- Anxiety counselling online Oxfordshire
- Anxiety counsellor Wantage online
- BACP approved supervisor online UK
- Board-level coaching online UK
- Burnout counselling for employees online UK
- Burnout counselling online Oxfordshire
- CBT consultation online UK
- CBT for anxiety online Oxfordshire
- CBT for depression online UK
- CBT for insomnia online UK
- CBT for OCD online UK
- CBT therapist Wantage Oxfordshire
- CBT therapist online UK
- CBTi therapist online UK
- Chronic insomnia therapy online UK
- Clinical supervisor online UK
- Confidential counselling for staff online UK
- Corporate counselling UK
- Corporate EAP provider UK
- Corporate mental health support UK
- C-suite coaching online UK
- Counselling supervision online UK
- Depression counselling online Oxfordshire
- Director coaching online UK
- Director wellbeing coaching online UK
- EAP counselling service UK
- EAP mental health support online UK
- EAP provider for organisations UK
- EAP support online UK
- Employee assistance counselling UK
- Employee assistance programme counselling UK
- Employee counselling online UK
- Employee mental health support UK
- Employee wellbeing counselling online UK
- Executive coach online UK
- Executive coach Oxfordshire
- Executive coaching with qualified counsellor UK
- Executive wellbeing coaching online UK
- GAD counsellor online Oxfordshire
- Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) counselling online
- Group mindfulness therapy online UK
- Health anxiety counselling online
- Insomnia counselling online UK
- Insomnia treatment without medication online UK
- Leadership coaching online UK
- Leadership counselling online UK
- LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling online UK
- LGBTQIA+ CBT therapist online UK
- Life transitions counselling online Oxfordshire
- Low self-confidence counselling online UK
- Low self-esteem counselling online Oxfordshire
- Management referral counselling online UK
- MBCT for anxiety online UK
- MBCT for depression online UK
- MBCT group programme online UK
- MBCT therapist online UK
- Mental health support for managers online UK
- Mindfulness counsellor online Oxfordshire
- NCPS approved supervisor online UK
- Occupational stress counselling online UK
- Online CBT therapist Oxfordshire
- Online counselling UK
- Online counsellor Wantage Oxfordshire
- Online therapy Wantage Oxfordshire
- Organisational counselling UK
- Panic attacks counselling online Oxfordshire
- Performance anxiety counselling online UK
- Phobia therapy online UK
- Psychological resilience support online UK
- Qualified counsellor supervisor online UK
- Relationship counselling online Oxfordshire
- Return-to-work counselling support online UK
- Self-esteem counselling online Oxfordshire
- Senior Accredited counsellor online UK
- Senior leadership coach online UK
- Senior leader support online UK
- Senior management coach online UK
- Sleep disorder counselling online UK
- Sleep therapy online UK
- Social anxiety CBT therapist online UK
- Social anxiety counselling online
- Staff counselling online UK
- Staff mental health support online UK
- Stress counselling online Oxfordshire
- Telephone counselling UK
- Trauma counselling online UK
- Trainee counsellor supervisor online UK
- Work-related stress counselling online UK
- Workplace counselling online UK
- Workplace counselling programme UK
- Workplace EAP support online UK
- Workplace mental health counselling UK
- Workplace mental health programme UK
- Workplace mental health support online UK
- Workplace stress counselling online UK
- Workplace wellbeing programme online UK
- Listing ID: 66
- Type of Support: CBT Counselling, Coaching, Counselling, Counselling Supervision, Mindfulness
- Types of Counselling: Adults (18+), LGBTQ+ Support
- Type of Session: In Person, Online (Via Zoom & Skype), Phone
- Availability: Daytime, Evening