Paul Gledhill, BACP
Paul Gledhill is a counsellor who uses Psychodynamic Therapy to help people understand patterns that keep causing pain.
About Paul
Paul Gledhill is a counsellor who uses Psychodynamic Therapy to help people understand patterns that keep causing pain. He speaks plainly and uses a direct, down-to-earth style that aims to make therapy straightforward and practical. Psychodynamic work looks at how past experiences shape current feelings and reactions.
Sessions often uncover difficult memories, repeating relationship patterns and hidden feelings. Paul helps clients make sense of these discoveries and decide what to do next.
Background and approach
He holds a Masters degree in Psychodynamic Therapy and has six years' experience. His background includes work with military and emergency services from 2019 onwards, and he is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Common issues he supports include stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, addiction and coping with major life changes.
He also offers help around attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care, and caregiving stress. Sessions aim to be practical as well as reflective. Clients can expect honest feedback, steady guidance and a focus on understanding why a problem keeps happening.
Therapy decisions are made together, based on what a person needs and hopes to achieve.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 410279 | September 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Paul lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Paul names
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Psychodynamic insight and practical online support
Psychodynamic Therapy aims to uncover how earlier experiences influence current emotions and behaviour. It helps people who notice repeating relationship patterns, persistent low mood, or anxiety by looking for links between past events and present reactions.Paul's practice focuses on using those discoveries to inform change rather than only talking about problems. He helps clients make sense of what comes up and together they decide on steps to try between sessions. This collaborative approach means the choice of techniques and pace is guided by the client's needs and goals.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging which makes sessions flexible for different lives. Video is useful for face-to-face discussion, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins and messaging allows ongoing reflection between meetings. Many people find these options help fit therapy around work, caring duties and unpredictable schedules.
Registered or accredited professionals can adapt psychodynamic methods to an online setting, helping clients explore difficult feelings and build new ways of relating while keeping therapy practical and manageable.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, addictions and coping with life changes.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The approach is psychodynamic, which looks at how past experiences shape present feelings and behaviour and explores recurring relationship patterns.
What is Paul Gledhill's background?
He has six years of clinical experience, a Masters degree in Psychodynamic Therapy and has worked with military and emergency services since 2019.
Where is this counsellor based and what are his credentials?
He practises in the United Kingdom and is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Which languages are used during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging according to client preference.
How are costs and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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