About Wai
Wai Kan is a counsellor who uses somatic and talking approaches to help people move through stress and anxiety. He draws on nine years of experience and a BACP registration. Wai keeps sessions focused and plain, so people can talk and notice what their body is saying.
People come for help with depression, grief, addiction and sleep problems. He also supports those dealing with intimacy issues, relationship difficulties and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
He works with issues linked to trauma, compassion fatigue and life changes too. Wai uses practical tools from cognitive behavioural work and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to spot patterns and try small changes. He pairs these with attachment-aware listening to help people feel steadier in relationships.
Short exercises and gentle attention to bodily sensations are used when helpful. The first sessions focus on what matters now and on small, manageable steps. He helps people set clear goals and test changes between meetings.
Conversations are grounded and straightforward, aimed at reducing overwhelm and building helpful habits. Sessions are held in English and available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. He asks clients to be curious about their own experience and to take things at a pace that feels right.
Practical support is offered alongside listening and reflection.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Somatic work helps people notice how stress shows up in the body and learn simple ways to settle physical tension. This can be useful for anxiety, sleep problems and trauma-related symptoms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to clarify what matters to them and take small actions aligned with those values, which helps when coping with life changes and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people develop steadier ways of connecting and communicating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process allows adjustments over time if something does not fit.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life or health needs. They also allow continuity for people who live outside the therapist's local area or who travel, while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English