Paul Smith, BACP

Paul Smith is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 15 years' experience. He focuses on issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationships and family concerns. He also helps people coping with grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, anger, self-esteem and major life changes.

Paul uses a client-centred approach. He encourages people to talk through what is happening and to find greater clarity about what needs to change. Sessions are intended to be a straightforward space to sort through feelings and practical next steps. He aims to treat the person as separate from the problem, rather than labelling someone by their difficulties.

Across his work he has supported people with a broad range of additional issues, including attachment and abandonment concerns, communication and control problems, codependency and commitment worries. He has experience with fatherhood issues, family problems, divorce and separation, and responding to the effects of domestic violence. He also works with people affected by autism and Asperger syndrome and those struggling with emptiness or forgiveness.

Paul has been seeing clients since 2011. He frames therapy around open listening and helping people reach practical conclusions about change. Conversations in sessions focus on understanding what matters to the client and deciding on steps they feel able to take between meetings.

People who want clear, steady conversation about their situation may find this way of working useful. Paul offers sessions in English and accepts international clients, with further details provided when arranging initial contact.

How Paul uses Client-Centred practice online