About Paul
Paul Gledhill uses psychodynamic therapy to help people understand the patterns behind their feelings and behaviour. He is approachable and direct, and aims to make therapy straightforward and practical. Paul holds a Masters Degree in Psychodynamic Therapy and is a member of the BACP.
He explains things plainly and avoids judgment. Sessions focus on noticing recurring thoughts, feelings and relationship patterns. Over time this often makes it easier to make different choices in day-to-day life.
How Paul works
Paul has six years' experience delivering psychodynamic work. He has run sessions for people with a wide range of difficulties including stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. He also supports people dealing with relationship strain, intimacy-related issues and problems with self-esteem.
Other areas he addresses include coping with life changes, addictions, career concerns and challenges tied to family or caring roles. He can also talk about more specific topics such as attachment issues, body image, and aspects of sexual expression with curiosity and without judgement. Sessions concentrate on what matters to the individual and on building a steady therapeutic conversation.
People are invited to reflect on past experiences that affect current reactions and to try out new ways of responding. The aim is clearer understanding and more workable choices in everyday life.
Paul lists one way of working on the entry:
What Paul works with
The areas below are the ones Paul selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- 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
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- 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
Psychodynamic work adapted for online therapy
Psychodynamic therapy looks at how past experiences shape present feelings and actions. It helps people uncover recurring patterns in relationships, mood and behaviour so they can make different choices in daily life.Sessions can be reflective and conversational, paying attention to themes that reappear in how someone relates to themselves and others. This approach is often used for issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties and problems with self-esteem.
Finding the right approach is a shared task. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide whether psychodynamic work fits your goals and preferences, and will adjust style and pace as you go.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when that is helpful, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day, while live chat or text messaging suit brief check-ins or those who prefer not to use voice. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and other life demands, while keeping the focus on the therapeutic process.
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