Ian

Mr Ian Reid, M.Couns

Registered Professional Counselor

verified by TherapyRoute

Dual-qualified and UK Registered, safe, ethical, and confidential Counsellor and Therapist, working with both Couples and Individuals.

About Me

I offer a safe, ethical, and confidential online space for individuals and couples to explore their unique challenges through life's ups and downs. My approach helps you navigate relationship dynamics or simply find clarity. Here, complex feelings can be safely voiced, fostering understanding and growth. Clients find my support helps them build stronger connections and a more fulfilling life.

Approach

Sessions combine safe, ethical, and confidential boundaries with warm, collaborative inquiry so you can explore relationship issues, conflict, loss, and career stress - often linked with the underlying strains of relocation, redundancy, and ex-pat life. I work primarily in English and offer online appointments that keep practical rhythms - time to reflect, gentle challenges and space to try things between sessions. Therapy moves at a steady, curious pace: we track patterns, name painful moments, and experiment with new ways of relating both inside and outside the room. This way of working often suits adults and couples seeking clearer connection and calmer choices.
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Basic Information

Services


Services Offered:

  • Counseling

    A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.

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  • Divorce Counseling

    Counselling for individuals or couples going through separation or divorce, addressing the emotional, practical, and relational dimensions.

  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

    A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.

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  • Individual Therapy

    One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.

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  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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  • Online Counselling

    Counselling conducted via video, phone, or secure messaging, providing professional support remotely.

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  • Relationship Counselling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

Works With:

  • Couples
  • Individuals
  • Adults

Area of Expertise


Scope of Practice:

  • Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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  • Relocation / Expat

    The psychological challenges of moving to a new country or city, including loneliness, culture shock, identity shifts, and loss of social support.

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  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Stress / Burnout

    The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).

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  • Family Issues

    Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.

  • Grief, Loss & Bereavement

    The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss, varying widely in duration and expression.

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  • Life Transitions

    Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.

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  • Abuse

    Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.

  • Career Issues

    Work-related difficulties such as chronic dissatisfaction, conflict, burnout, uncertainty about direction, or the stress of career change.

  • Divorce Coping

    The emotional upheaval of separation or divorce, including grief, anger, identity disruption, and the challenge of restructuring family life.

Professional Title:

  • Registered Professional Counselor

    A counselor registered with a professional body to provide counselling services.

Qualifications


Master of Counselling

University of Edinburgh

Year: 2016

COSCA Validated Diploma in Counselling

Certification

COSCA / Scottish Universities

Year: 2016

Registrations


British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Counsellor/Psychotherpist MBACP(Regd.)

Memberships


British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Graduate Member

Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland (COSCA)

Graduate Member

British Psychological Society (BPS)

Associate Member

Service Areas


Counselling Works Online

In-person & Online

Unterägeri, Zug 6314

Switzerland

on request

In-person & Online

Zurich, Zürich 8001

Switzerland

on request

In-person & Online

Basel, Basel-Stadt 4051

Switzerland