Counsellor profile
Billel Addad, BACP
Counsellor - Anxiety and Relationship issues
See online counselling options- Attachment work
- CBT methods
- Emotion-focused
About Billel
Billel Addad is a counsellor and a BACP member with 16 years of experience. He works with people who bring stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, addictions and grief. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Billel uses straightforward talking-based work. He listens, reflects, and helps people name what is difficult. He draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural ideas, attachment-based thinking and emotion-focused work to make sense of patterns that cause pain. Sessions are practical and conversational rather than technical.
He has spent many years supporting clients after trauma and abuse, and with issues such as ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, panic, and mood disorders. He also helps people dealing with life changes, caregiving strain, career difficulties and separation. The focus is on the problems a person brings and on small changes that can ease day-to-day life.
Billel describes his way of working as interactive and respectful. He adapts conversations to each person’s situation and prefers a plain style rather than clinical labels. This means sessions often involve talking through feelings, testing different ways of thinking, and practising small steps between meetings.
For practical next steps, people are asked to use the site button to view online counselling options. A short questionnaire is completed and a first session is scheduled. Costs vary by location and the service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How his approaches work in online counselling
Billel commonly uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect current patterns. This approach helps when repeated hurt or difficulty trusting others shows up in close relationships.He also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. CBT-style work can help with anxiety, panic, low mood and unhelpful routines by testing new ways of thinking and practical exercises between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. He will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Decisions about focus and techniques are made together, and can change as progress is made.
The therapist's profile does not specify exact session formats here, so please confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or avoiding the need to be on camera if that helps. Registered or accredited professionals often use online work to keep regular contact and support practical homework between meetings.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
16+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he commonly work with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, addictions, grief, trauma and related issues such as ADHD, eating and sleeping problems and panic attacks.
What is his therapeutic style?
He uses an interactive, talking-based style that mixes client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and emotion-focused ideas.
How long has he been practising?
He has 16 years of experience working with people across a wide range of difficulties.
Which professional body is he a member of?
He is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Can I see him if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats does he use?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the site button to see online counselling options, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.