About Dallas
Dallas Bentley helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain, career uncertainty and depression. He is clear and direct in sessions and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for a worried parent reading on a phone. Dallas is an ACA counsellor with 20 years' experience working across higher education, government and community settings.
He uses approaches that are supported by research to guide conversations and suggest practical techniques you can try between sessions.
How Dallas works
He tailors his work to each person. That can mean focusing on thoughts and behaviours that increase anxiety, practising acceptance of difficult feelings, or identifying small, achievable steps toward a clearer goal. He explains options plainly and helps people pick what feels useful for them.
Sessions are framed around what matters to the client. Dallas encourages open talk about feelings and patterns that get in the way. He aims to help people build resilience and steady day-to-day coping skills rather than quick fixes.
People can expect straightforward language, practical exercises and a focus on things they can try outside sessions. The goal is clearer thinking, stronger self-belief and better ways to manage stress and relationship problems over time.
What Dallas works with
The areas below are the ones Dallas selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | ACA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Dallas draws on cognitive behavioural ideas that look at how thoughts and actions affect mood, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which focuses on accepting difficult feelings while committing to values-based actions. Cognitive approaches are useful for anxiety and depression by breaking down unhelpful thinking patterns, while ACT helps people move forward despite uncomfortable emotions.He also uses brief, goal-focused techniques that identify small practical steps to change a situation. These methods help when people want quick tools to manage stress, improve communication or tackle motivation and career decisions. Each approach is explained in simple terms and selected based on what fits the person's needs.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their goals, preferences and everyday life. That choice can be reviewed and adjusted as therapy progresses to make sure it remains helpful.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed. Discussing format and timing at the start helps shape a plan that works with family, work and other commitments.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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