About Paul
Paul Linger helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression and relationship difficulties. He also supports those dealing with trauma, grief, parenting challenges, eating concerns, anger and self-esteem issues. Paul describes himself as warm and interactive and aims to make sessions straightforward and respectful.
He has four years of professional counselling experience and a longer background in mental health services. That earlier work included autism and additional needs support, addiction services, youth work and social care.
How Paul works
He also spent time working within the NHS in a community mental health setting and runs a independent practice in the United Kingdom. Paul uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs.
He draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking, client-centred listening to follow what matters to the person, and attachment-focused thinking when relationships and early patterns are relevant. He also uses elements from acceptance and commitment and dialectical approaches when emotions or coping are a focus. Sessions are tailored to the individual's goals.
Paul aims to build practical steps alongside reflection, so people leave with ways to manage difficult feelings and situations. He emphasises collaboration and treats people with sensitivity and respect. Seeking help can feel daunting and taking the first step takes courage.
Paul offers a supportive space for people who want to make changes, develop new coping strategies, or work through painful experiences.
Paul lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- 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 of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Paul’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while identifying what matters to them. Online sessions can use ACT to build values-based actions and small steps towards meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting patterns in thoughts, feelings and behaviours and testing new ways of responding. Through video or chat, CBT-style tools and homework can be discussed and reviewed together. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paul will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods might fit best. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as needs evolve. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when clearer visual cues help. Phone sessions can be shorter or better when bandwidth is limited or a person prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing down thoughts feels easier. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on practical progress and emotional understanding.Start online instead of waiting
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