About Alexander
Alexander "Alex" Curran is an experienced counsellor who has worked in the UK for 16 years. He greets people warmly and aims to make the first steps feel easier. Alex focuses on helping with worry, low mood, relationship strain and other life stresses.
He uses plain language and a calm, steady manner in sessions. Across his career Alex has supported people with anxiety, depression, addictions and trauma. He also helps with parenting pressures, family problems, work stress and challenges like eating or sleeping difficulties.
Background and approach
His background includes work in higher pressure settings and coaching for rehabilitation and fitness-related recovery. Alex describes his style as client-centred. That means he listens first and follows each person’s pace.
Conversations are practical and down to earth rather than full of technical jargon. He also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to help change unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness to build present-moment coping. Solution-focused steps are used when people want quick, goal-led progress.
Trauma-focused approaches are applied when past events are getting in the way of day-to-day life. Sessions are offered in English and are suitable for people looking for help with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, ADHD, and relationship issues. Alex holds BACP and NCPS credentials and works from the United Kingdom.
The style is approachable and practical for people who want clear, straightforward support.
How Alex uses practical approaches in online therapy
Alex blends client-centred listening with practical strategies so sessions feel grounded and useful. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities, with the counsellor following your pace and reflecting what matters to you. This is helpful for people who need a calm space to sort through emotions.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviours. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and problems like sleep or anger by teaching clear, repeatable ways to respond differently. Mindfulness Therapy supports noticing the present moment and reducing reactivity, which can help with stress and recurring worry.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Alex works with each person to decide which methods match their goals and comfort level, and will adapt the balance of listening and practical work as things progress.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules. Video calls are useful when visual connection helps the conversation. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is lower. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, ongoing notes or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep continuity and fit therapy around work, family or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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