Paul Weeden, BACP

Paul Weeden offers straightforward support for people dealing with worry, low mood, stress or problems at work. He listens without judging and focuses on practical steps to reduce overwhelm and build confidence. Sessions aim to help people feel steadier and more able to manage day-to-day demands.

Paul is a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) counsellor with 15 years' experience. He uses simple breathing and relaxation exercises alongside talking to help calm anxiety and improve sleep. He also looks at routines, lifestyle habits and meaningful activities that can affect mood and motivation.

In sessions he takes a client-centred approach, which means the person sets the pace and priorities. He also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and solution-focused techniques to plan small, achievable changes. This combination helps turn insight into action.

People often come with worries about work, relationships, grief, addiction, or coping with life changes. He offers clear tools for managing stress, anger, parenting strains and intimacy-related concerns, and he can address attention-related difficulties such as ADHD symptoms alongside other life issues.

Paul works with clients across the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. The initial step is a short matching questionnaire to connect people to the right support and schedule sessions that fit their life.

How Paul’s approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and pace. The counsellor listens closely and helps the client find their own solutions, making it useful for building confidence and coping with overwhelm.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going. It uses simple exercises and small experiments to test new ways of responding, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Paul will discuss what feels helpful and adapt methods to the person’s needs, goals and preferences. That makes sessions collaborative and tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters, phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and practise skills between meetings.