Paul Campbell, BACP

Paul Campbell uses relationship-focused and practical talking therapies to help people make sense of distress. He combines understanding of early attachment with straightforward cognitive tools. Paul is a BACP member with 11 years of experience working in the UK. He presents a calm, direct style that aims to make the work sensible and manageable.

People come to Paul for stress and anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship struggles and the effects of trauma and abuse. He also supports those coping with low self-esteem, feelings of emptiness, and problems around control or commitment. His additional areas include issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency and fatherhood-related strains.

In sessions Paul listens first and follows the person's pace. He uses client-centred conversation to build understanding, then introduces cognitive behavioural techniques when practical changes are needed. Motivational interviewing helps when people are ambivalent about change, while psychodynamic and attachment ideas are used to look at long-standing patterns.

Therapy focuses on small, achievable steps. That might mean testing a different way of thinking, practising new behaviours, or looking at how earlier relationships shape the present. Paul aims to combine simple tools with deeper reflection so people can see steady progress.

He works with adults in the United Kingdom and carries out sessions online by video, phone, chat or messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to pair people with a suitable therapist and then sessions are scheduled according to availability.

How Paul adapts therapeutic approaches for online work

Paul commonly combines attachment-based ideas with client-centred conversation and cognitive behavioural techniques. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people understand why they react a certain way. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's lead to build trust and clarity. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers practical exercises and strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, useful for anxiety, stress and addiction-related patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paul will talk through goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then shape sessions collaboratively. Together they decide which methods to try and when to adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people write between sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication styles while keeping the therapeutic focus central.