Paul Dent, BACP

Counsellor Paul Dent is a BACP member with 12 years of practice in the United Kingdom. He works with people facing stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related problems, among other concerns. Paul uses a straightforward, conversational approach and involves clients in setting goals for therapy.

Paul believes people know important things about their own lives. He starts by listening to each person’s story and identifying strengths they can use. Sessions focus on clear aims, with goals reviewed regularly so progress is visible and the work stays relevant.

He draws on approaches including client-centred work, cognitive behavioural methods and existential ideas. That means talking through current problems, noticing unhelpful thoughts and looking at how someone wants their life to be. For relationship issues he also uses elements from the Gottman Method.

Paul offers practical tools as well as open conversation. He may use motivational interviewing techniques when people want to change addictive patterns or build new habits. Sessions look at behaviour, feelings and thinking in simple, manageable steps.

People contact him about a wide range of issues beyond those listed earlier, such as grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, self-esteem and workplace stress. He also works with clients concerned about neurodiversity, attachment issues, and aspects of sexual lifestyle and kink when these affect wellbeing.

Paul asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial session. He uses a subscription model for sessions, with fees that vary by location and a cancellation option for the subscription.

Therapeutic approaches and remote counselling