Dallas Bentley, ACA

Dallas Bentley is a counsellor with 20 years' experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship worries, low self-esteem, career concerns and depression. He is an ACA counsellor and aims to make coming to therapy straightforward and respectful. Dallas focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions to feel steadier and more in control. He draws on a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Dallas adapts his approach to what each person needs, so sessions may include looking at thoughts and behaviours, practising new responses, or setting short-term goals. He emphasises small, achievable changes that add up over time. Clients can expect a calm, open space to talk through thoughts and feelings without being judged. Dallas works to build resilience and clearer decision-making around relationships and work. He often helps people sort through guilt, family of origin issues, and challenges like abandonment or attachment concerns. His background includes mental health assessment and therapeutic work across higher education, government and community settings. That range of work informs a practical style that values clarity and measurable progress. Dallas also has experience with issues such as codependency, commitment doubts, and coping after natural or human-caused disasters. He supports people dealing with antisocial or avoidant personality patterns, co-morbidity and fatherhood-related concerns. Sessions are collaborative: he listens, reflects, and offers approaches tailored to the person’s goals. If you want help taking the first steps, Dallas can guide the process and help you plan the next actions.

How evidence-based techniques work in online therapy

Dallas draws on well-known evidence-based techniques to help people notice what keeps them stuck and try different ways of responding. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments, which can reduce anxiety and low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed, and to take actions that match their values even when emotions are difficult. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dallas collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences and life situation. He will adjust techniques over time based on what is helpful and what is not. Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time so therapy can be more consistent. Online work can make shorter check-ins easier to schedule around work or family demands. The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm which options are currently offered before booking. Appropriately qualified therapists can successfully adapt CBT and ACT work to remote sessions, focusing on homework, behavioural experiments and values-based actions that fit into everyday life.