Raymond Ronan, BACP

Raymond Ronan is a BACP-accredited therapist with a BA Honours Degree in Counselling and more than seven years of professional experience. Based in the United Kingdom, he combines clinical training with personal life experience to support people facing a wide range of challenges. Before moving into therapy he worked as a qualified accountant in the aerospace industry, held senior management and director roles in financial services, and served as a corporate banker, later running his own businesses. A personal mental health crisis and subsequent rehabilitation profoundly changed his life and led him into the helping professions.

He is a survivor of liver cancer who underwent a liver resection and is now cancer-free; he also experienced the loss of his brother to the same illness. Those experiences inform his approach and motivate his work with others facing illness, bereavement, loss, and major life transitions. Raymond shares both the setbacks and the lessons learned from his own recovery and professional journey to help clients avoid common pitfalls and to build on practical strategies that supported his turnaround.

He works with people internationally and brings commitment, dedication, and a client-focused stance to his practice. Raymond offers empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard as core conditions in therapy and aims to create a relaxed, nonjudgmental atmosphere where thoughts and feelings can be explored openly. His clinical experience includes helping with substance misuse and addictions, stress and anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and motivation issues, loss and grief, relationship and family conflicts including child custody matters, work and employment difficulties, and challenges associated with cancer and caregiving.

Raymond draws on a range of therapeutic approaches suited to each person’s needs, and he encourages people to bring any concern, big or small, into sessions. He recognises that taking the first step toward therapy requires courage and frames that step as an important part of personal growth. His practice emphasises practical support and collaborative problem solving to help clients move toward clearer thinking, more constructive behaviours, and more positive future aspirations.