James Costigan
Calm, practical support for personal change
About James
James Costigan works as a counsellor in the United Kingdom. He has nine years of experience and holds BACP registration, and he focuses on helping people find calmer, more confident ways of living. James often supports men who feel overwhelmed by pressure, stress or emotional confusion.
He creates a slower, steady space where people can begin to notice what is happening for them. Sessions focus on building self-awareness and making sense of difficult feelings.
Background and approach
James aims to help people meet problems with more clarity and compassion. James draws on practical methods to tackle day-to-day struggles like anxiety, depression and stress. He also helps with relationship difficulties, sexual and intimacy-related concerns, and addictions including drug and alcohol issues and pornography-related problems.
Career strain, low self-esteem and life changes are other common themes he addresses. His additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication and commitment problems, body image and caregiver stress. James also has experience discussing alternative sex culture, BDSM and kink where this is relevant to the person’s wellbeing.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged for clients in the UK and internationally. He works collaboratively, pacing work to suit each person and using approaches such as client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness practices.
What James works with
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Sessions & fees
How James blends online therapy and practical approaches
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people feel heard and become clearer about their own priorities and feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers straightforward strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it is often useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to reduce reactivity and help someone stay grounded during hard moments, which can support anger management, addiction recovery and general coping.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. James will work with each person to identify goals and preferences and then try methods that suit those goals. He adjusts pace and techniques based on how someone responds, so the plan evolves over time rather than being fixed up front.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone can fit a short check-in or use less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can suit people who prefer writing or need brief, frequent support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel or different daily routines.
| 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
