Allan Mathieson
Person-centred counsellor for anxiety and life change
About Allan
Allan Mathieson is a counsellor and psychotherapist with four years of practice who aims to help people find steady ground during difficult times. He combines a person-centred stance with other approaches to match each person's needs and goals. Allan is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Allan works with people facing stress, anxiety and relationship strain, and he also supports those coping with family issues and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
He often helps people navigating life changes, panic, social anxiety and struggles around purpose and isolation. He also offers support for eating and food-related concerns, process addictions and somatic symptoms. In sessions Allan keeps things client-led so people stay in control of what they bring.
He focuses on building a respectful, non-judgemental relationship and adapts techniques to what feels most useful that week. He does not insist on homework but can suggest tasks or readings to practise between meetings. Allan brings a calm and down-to-earth style and aims for practical steps alongside reflection.
He has experience supporting people who are neurodiverse and those coping with attachment or communication difficulties. He pays attention to emotional safety and to helping clients make sense of their patterns. People meet with him online through a range of formats suited to different needs.
He tailors the plan to what someone wants to achieve and checks in on progress as work continues.
What Allan works with
How Allan works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Allan combines attachment-based work with client-centred practice to focus on how relationships shape feelings and behaviour. Attachment-based therapy looks at patterns formed in early relationships and helps people notice how those patterns show up now, which can help with trust, closeness and emotional reactions. Client-centred therapy puts the person and their experience at the heart of the work, offering empathy and listening so people can explore their thoughts and choices at their own pace.He also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help spot and shift thinking and behaviour that keep problems going. CBT techniques can be useful for anxiety, panic, social fears and unhelpful routines by breaking issues into manageable steps and practical experiments to try between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Allan works collaboratively to agree goals and adapt methods to the person's needs, preferences and pace. This means the plan can change as understanding grows and new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or messaging. Video is useful for a fuller face-to-face feel, phone sessions suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera, and messaging or live chat can make short check-ins or reflective notes easier between meetings. These options help fit therapy around work, study and family rhythms while keeping the focus on steady progress.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
