Juan Aracena, BACP

Juan Aracena is a client-centered therapist based in the United Kingdom with four years of experience supporting people through complex emotional and mental health challenges. He works with both teenagers and adults, offering therapy in English and Spanish, and provides flexible appointments both online and in person.

Using a client-centered approach, Juan emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration so each person is treated as an individual with their own goals and pace. He supports clients with a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, anger, self-esteem issues, and depression, and offers additional focus on areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, control difficulties, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, men's issues, midlife challenges, mood disorders, sexuality, and social anxiety and phobia.

Juan has experience working with severe mental health presentations and tailors his support to meet complex emotional and psychological needs. He aims to build a trusting therapeutic relationship that helps people develop resilience, greater self-awareness, and practical ways to manage life transitions and day-to-day challenges. He maintains an active interest in current developments in mental health to inform his practice and is currently accepting clients in the United Kingdom. He holds BACP, which indicates membership in the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and reflects alignment with professional standards and practice.