About Reuben
Reuben Alexander is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on anxiety, stress and life changes. He uses straightforward, practical conversations to help people untangle worries and build coping skills. Reuben works in English and takes a direct, calm approach that many find easy to follow.
He draws on a mix of well known therapeutic methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Sessions often look at thoughts and behaviours people can shift right away.
Background and approach
Reuben also pays attention to past relationships and patterns that keep recurring. Reuben has four years of experience working with issues such as sleeping problems, depression, addictions and grief. He also supports people dealing with parenting stresses, intimacy concerns and self-esteem struggles.
Additional focus areas include attachment difficulties, autism and communication problems. Sessions can address specific behaviours like impulsivity, anger and substance use, as well as broader questions about life purpose, guilt and forgiveness. He aims to help people notice small changes that add up over time.
Reuben encourages practical exercises between sessions to build new habits. People meet Reuben for a mix of structured and open conversation. He aims to create a steady, non-judgemental space where clients can try things out and adjust at their own pace.
The work centres on what matters now and what clients want to change next.
How Reuben's approaches translate to online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and decisions about life direction. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thought patterns and behaviours that keep problems going and introduces practical exercises to change them. This approach suits sleeping issues, worry and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past relationships shape current patterns and emotional responses, useful for intimacy, trust and communication concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Reuben will talk through goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit the person’s situation. He treats that choice as a collaboration, adjusting methods if something isn’t working or if priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to give options that suit different routines. Video calls work well for deeper conversational work and visual cues. Phone sessions are simpler when bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can help maintain progress between calls and fit into busy days. These formats make it easier to attend from different time zones and locations while keeping the focus on steady, practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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