About Paul
Paul Gledhill is a counsellor who draws on psychodynamic therapy to help people understand recurring patterns and emotional difficulties. He uses a straightforward, down-to-earth manner and aims to create a calm space for people to talk about what is worrying them. Paul holds a Masters degree in Psychodynamic Therapy and has six years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom.
His psychodynamic approach looks at how past experiences shape current feelings and relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on noticing patterns that cause distress and gently talking them through so the person can make different choices. This style often suits people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. Paul has worked with clients from a range of backgrounds since 2019 and has particular experience with military and emergency services personnel.
He listens without judgement and uses clear, practical language rather than technical terms. That helps people who feel overwhelmed by clinical jargon. In sessions he pays attention to how feelings show up in everyday life and in the relationship between counsellor and client.
Work may involve looking at memories, dreams, strong reactions or repeated difficulties in relationships. The aim is to build understanding, reduce distress and support practical changes. People come for help with anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career pressures, intimacy and addictions among other concerns.
Paul offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.
Psychodynamic work adapted for online therapy
Psychodynamic therapy looks at how early experiences and recurring patterns influence current feelings and behaviour. In plain terms it helps people notice repeated reactions, strong emotions and relationship patterns, then talk through them to understand why they happen and how to change them.Paul also uses a practical, conversational approach within psychodynamic work. That means sessions may involve discussing memories, reactions in relationships, dreams or themes that keep coming up. This kind of work can help with anxiety, stress, trauma and problems that repeat across different parts of life.
Finding the best approach is a joint process. The therapist will ask about goals, worries and how a person prefers to work, then suggest ways forward. Together they review what helps and adapt the approach as the work progresses.
Online therapy here can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video suits people who want face-to-face conversation, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, chat works for shorter check-ins and messaging lets people reflect in writing. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caring duties or travel while keeping the focus on steady progress.
Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does he help with?
How would you describe his therapy style?
What is his professional background?
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Can people outside the UK work with him?
What session formats are available?
How do you start therapy with him?
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- 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
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.