Russell Bresgall, BACP

Russell Bresgall offers a person-centred approach to therapy. He puts the relationship at the heart of his work and helps people feel heard and understood. Russell uses that trusting connection to support reflection, healing and practical change.

He has 12 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns. These include stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief and trauma and abuse. He also supports people with relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, anger, eating and sleeping difficulties, and ADHD.

Russell blends several ways of working to suit each person. He draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to look at thinking and behaviour patterns. He uses mindfulness to help people manage strong emotions and psychodynamic ideas to consider past experiences that shape present responses.

Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of him. Russell helps clients set small goals and tries to keep the work practical and grounded. He also offers coaching-style support for career questions and life-purpose concerns.

Russell is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. He works from the United Kingdom and runs online sessions in English. To begin, people follow the site process to match and schedule a first appointment.

Approach and online therapy options

Russell commonly combines person-centred work with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness practices. Person-centred therapy focuses on building a genuine working relationship and helping the person feel understood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviours keep problems going and offers practical strategies to change them. Mindfulness helps people notice and sit with difficult feelings so they have more choice in how they respond.

Finding the right approach is something he treats as collaborative. He will discuss options with each person and try different ways of working based on their goals, concerns and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to use and adjust them as progress is made.

Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow a face-to-face style conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging can work for brief reflections between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel and give flexibility in how people prefer to connect.