Dr. Doreen Fleet

Dr. Doreen Fleet is a counsellor who combines client-centred care with practical therapy methods. She works in the United Kingdom and draws on 23 years of clinical experience. People contact her about stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and career worries. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, parenting pressures and trauma-related difficulties.

Her sessions aim to build on each person’s strengths. She treats the person as the expert in their own life while offering structure when it helps. Conversations are typically direct and focused, with room for reflection and practical steps when appropriate.

Dr Fleet uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful patterns and try out different ways of responding. She also draws on mindfulness to help people manage intense emotions. For deeper life questions she uses existential approaches to look at meaning, choice and values.

She has a background working across a wide range of concerns, including compassion fatigue, body image, panic attacks and post-traumatic stress. Her training with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP - is one of the credentials she holds.

The first session is usually about understanding what matters most to the person and agreeing simple next steps. Subsequent sessions can include short exercises, thought records, breathing or grounding techniques, and conversations about choices and boundaries. Dr Fleet aims to make therapy a practical resource for everyday life.

How core approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and helping the person find their own answers. In an online setting this means the counsellor follows the client's lead, reflects what they hear and helps people build on their strengths. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect and uses short, practical tasks to change unhelpful patterns. Online sessions can include reviewing thought records and trying experiments between appointments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then adjust the plan together. This is a collaborative process that can change as needs shift.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life. It can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins on busy days, and make it simpler to work around work or caregiving commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, homework and grounding techniques to suit an online appointment, helping therapy remain practical and focused even when it isn’t in person.