About Alan
Alan Russell is a counsellor with five years of professional experience. He has worked across teaching and coordination roles and now focuses on one-to-one counselling. He meets people with calm, respectful attention and aims to make the first steps less daunting for anyone considering support.
He helps people manage stress and anxiety and supports those coping with addictions and the effects of trauma and abuse. He also assists people facing career difficulties and mood challenges such as depression.
Background and approach
Additional areas Alan pays attention to include guilt and shame, men's issues, midlife concerns, pregnancy and childbirth matters, and workplace pressures. Alan practises an integrative approach, which means he adapts conversations and methods to suit each person’s needs. Sessions are shaped around what a person brings and what practical changes they want to try.
He uses straightforward talk, reflection, and goal-focused steps to help people notice small changes that can build over time. People can expect a direct but compassionate style in sessions. Alan values sensitivity and respect and aims to create a steady space for difficult topics.
He encourages clear, manageable tasks between meetings when they help someone move forward. Based in the United Kingdom, Alan works in English and offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. He describes his qualification as NCPS and relies on his five years of varied work to shape how he supports people seeking help.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Alan describes his practice as integrative and draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match each person's needs. One common approach he uses focuses on practical skills for managing anxiety and stress - teaching breathing, grounding and simple cognitive strategies that reduce immediate overwhelm and help people think more clearly. Another approach emphasises exploring past experiences and trauma at a manageable pace so a person can reduce their reactivity and build steadier coping over time.Deciding which approach to try is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and together they will pick methods to try and review how those are helping. This keeps the process collaborative and tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, which gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a shorter break or use less data, live chat is useful for quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare and daily life while still getting regular support.
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- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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