About Alex
Alex De Ville is a counsellor who focuses on talking therapies that help people manage stress and anxiety. He draws on approachable methods to support people through worry, grief and depression. He believes people already have strengths to build on and offers steady support as they work through difficult moments.
Alex has six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
Over that time he has helped people with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue and addictions, as well as issues around self-esteem and relationships. His work also covers practical concerns such as sleep and eating difficulties, coping with life changes and career stress. He pays attention to the emotional effects of chronic illness, caregiving and bereavement.
He also addresses concerns linked to identity, including LGBT matters and attachment or abandonment worries. In sessions Alex uses client-centred ways of working alongside cognitive behavioural tools and psychodynamic ideas. That combination means conversations can be both present-focused and reflective about past patterns.
He aims to help people notice what is getting in the way and try new ways of responding. People who choose Alex can expect calm, straightforward conversation and help turning insights into small, manageable steps. He offers a supportive space for working through hard feelings and practical coping strategies, helping people move toward clearer choices and steadier days.
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Alex combines client-centred work, cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic ideas to support people online. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor, offering empathy and listening so the client can discover their own solutions. This approach helps when someone needs a respectful space to make sense of feelings.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is more structured and looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It offers practical techniques for managing anxiety, mood and sleep problems and for testing out new ways of coping. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns that come from past relationships and experience, helping people see recurring reactions and try different responses.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals and preferences and together decide which methods to use. That collaboration makes it easier to adapt sessions over time as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer conversations and exercises, phone works well when bandwidth is low, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging can fit into busy days. These options give practical flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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