James Morrell
Person-centred counsellor blending practical therapy approaches
About James
James Morrell is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He has six years of clinical experience and holds a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy. James works from a humanistic, person-centred stance and aims to make talking therapy straightforward and personal.
He focuses on listening and helping people uncover what they need. James uses a calm, non-judgemental approach and will not make diagnoses.
Background and approach
Instead he helps people name feelings, spot patterns, and decide what they want to change. James draws on several therapeutic traditions to suit different needs. He uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns, psychodynamic thinking to examine past influences, and mindfulness to help with stress and anxiety.
These tools are blended into a person-centred framework rather than used as rigid methods. People come to James for many concerns, including stress, anxiety, addiction, bereavement, relationship and intimacy issues, low self-esteem, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD and career worries. He also works with related areas such as adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties, caregiver stress and body image concerns.
James pays attention to how gender and culture affect a person’s experience of therapy. He aims to create a space where men and women can talk without judgement, and where different cultural backgrounds are respected. He invites people to talk together about what they need from counselling and how best to work towards it.
What James works with
How James works
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Sessions & fees
Approach-led therapy online
James uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and emotional responses. This approach can help when people struggle with trust, abandonment fears, or repeating relationship problems.He also works from a client-centred perspective, which means sessions focus on the person’s experience and priorities. The counsellor follows the client’s lead, offering support and reflection rather than directing the conversation.
Psychodynamic ideas may also be drawn on to consider how past events influence present behaviour and feelings. This can be useful for people who want to understand recurring patterns or long-standing difficulties.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals and preferences and together decide what feels most helpful. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to each person rather than applying a single method.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people see facial expressions and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions suit those with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, reflective writing and flexible contact between calls. These formats make therapy easier to fit around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on the therapeutic relationship.
| 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
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English