About Alex
Alex De Ville works from a person-centred approach that puts the client's experience first. He aims to listen without judgement and help people make sense of difficult moments. Alex holds BACP accreditation and has six years of practice in the United Kingdom.
He spends time building a calm, steady space where people can talk through stress, anxiety, grief and depression. He also supports those affected by trauma and abuse, and people dealing with addictions or compassion fatigue.
How Alex works
Sessions focus on what matters to the individual and on practical steps they can try between meetings. Alex draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to help with unhelpful thinking and everyday coping strategies. He also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time and where they might come from.
These methods are used alongside a client-centred stance so people feel heard and involved in decisions about their care. His practice includes a wide range of concerns such as relationship and intimacy difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger and low self-esteem. He also works with longer-term issues like bipolar, ADHD and chronic illness when these affect wellbeing and daily life.
Sessions are offered in English and Alex accepts international clients. People usually start by answering a short matching questionnaire and then book a session that fits their timetable. The subscription model used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.
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What Alex works with
The areas below are the ones Alex selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Alex uses client-centred therapy to place the person's own goals and experience at the heart of the work; this means sessions focus on what the client wants to change and on careful listening. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and to try small, practical changes that can ease anxiety, low mood or sleep problems. Alex also draws on psychodynamic ideas to help people notice recurring patterns in relationships and feelings, and to understand where these patterns might come from.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process and will be decided together. The therapist helps the client weigh up what feels most useful, and adapts methods over time to match changing needs, goals and preferences. This keeps the work collaborative rather than prescriptive.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is well suited to full conversations and visual connection, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can fit shorter check-ins or busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to fit therapy around everyday life.
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