About James
James Morrell works as a counsellor in the United Kingdom and brings six years of clinical experience to his practice. He holds BACP registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and he uses a person-centred outlook that keeps the client's experience at the centre of sessions. He creates a calm space where people can talk without feeling judged.
Sessions focus on listening and reflecting rather than labels or quick fixes.
How James works
He helps people identify what they need and what being themselves might look like in day-to-day life. James draws on several approaches to shape the work, including attachment-based ideas, psychodynamic thinking and mindfulness. That mix lets him adapt to different concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and addictions.
He also supports people with relationship issues, grief, self-esteem and career-related worries. Practical problems linked to sleep, eating, parenting pressures, anger and concentration are part of his caseload. He also works with issues around identity, intimacy and neurodiversity, including autism and ADHD.
James pays attention to cultural background and how social expectations can affect how people feel and behave. He is clear that therapy is a collaborative process. Conversations explore patterns and feelings so people can make choices that fit their life.
The aim is greater self-understanding and more workable ways to cope with life changes and ongoing struggles.
James lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What James works with
The areas below are the ones James selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- 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
How his approaches work online and in sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and connection patterns, helping when trust, intimacy or abandonment issues affect daily life. Client-centred therapy focuses on open listening and empathy, giving people room to speak and make their own discoveries without pressure. Mindfulness-based techniques teach simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily experience, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping with urges.Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the process. He will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and together they will choose ways of working that match the person's needs. That collaborative planning means the method can shift as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls mirror face-to-face conversation and are good for deeper work, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can suit brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit short reflections into a busy day or to keep in touch between longer sessions. These options help people access therapy around work, caring duties and life commitments.
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