About Paul
Paul Dent is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage anxiety, stress and addiction. He works with individuals and couples on relationship and intimacy concerns. Paul also supports people dealing with trauma, grief and major life changes.
Paul brings 12 years of experience to his practice and holds BACP registration, which means he meets national professional standards. He starts by listening to each person's story and looking for the strengths they already have.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical goals agreed together. Paul uses clear steps and regular check-ins so people can see progress. He helps clients name unhelpful patterns and tries simple ways to change them.
His approach combines client-centred listening with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques and wider meaning-focused work. This mix is used to address anxiety, low mood, addictive behaviours and relationship problems. Paul also draws on motivational strategies when someone wants to build healthier habits.
People can expect direct but warm conversations. Paul encourages honesty about setbacks and celebrates small changes. He aims to make sessions useful week to week so people can cope better with daily pressures.
For those facing complex issues such as attachment wounds, neurodiversity or chronic illness, Paul adapts pace and focus to each person. Therapy plans are reviewed regularly so goals stay relevant and achievable.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. It helps people feel heard and encourages them to explore their priorities at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses targeted exercises to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns. Existential therapy helps people make sense of difficult life choices and find personal meaning when facing loss or major change.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has helped in the past. Together the client and therapist decide which methods to try and review progress regularly so the plan can be adjusted if needed.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone conversations, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the person. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins and messaging can fit around a busy schedule. These options make it simpler to work on anxiety, relationships and coping strategies from different locations and life circumstances.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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