Paul Laskowski
Practical counselling for change and coping
About Paul
Paul Laskowski holds a Bachelor’s degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Bath Spa University and has seven years of experience in mental health services. He works with people facing trauma, addiction, low mood and anxiety. Paul uses an integrative style so he can adapt what happens in sessions to each person’s needs.
Paul aims to build a straightforward, respectful relationship. He helps people re-establish healthy boundaries and develop coping skills.
Background and approach
Sessions are offered in 30 to 45 minute live formats so conversations stay focused and practical. Paul draws on person-centred principles to create a non-judgemental space where the client’s experience is heard. He also uses cognitive behavioural tools to spot patterns of thinking and behaviour, and solution-focused techniques to set achievable steps.
Motivational interviewing helps when people are wrestling with change, especially around addiction or ambivalence. His work often addresses stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns, and includes support around parenting, career pressure and first responder issues. He also helps with self-esteem, anger, eating and sleeping difficulties, and life transitions.
Paul describes his approach as compassionate and individualised. If the match ever feels wrong, he will assist in finding another professional. He accepts international clients and runs sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Background and approach: Drawing on several counselling methods gives Paul room to respond to what each person brings. The sessions tend to be practical, with tools and small experiments you can try between meetings. He focuses on clear goals, improved daily coping and rebuilding connections with the people and activities that matter.
His BACP credential reflects his registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
What Paul works with
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Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Paul often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and practise small actions that reflect those values. ACT is useful for stress, anxiety and situations where emotions feel overwhelming.He also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviours. CBT offers practical exercises that fit well into online sessions and short between-session tasks.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and Paul treats it as collaborative. He will discuss your goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest a plan you both agree on. That plan can change as you learn what works.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls let you use visual cues and a fuller conversation, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflections between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible around work, family life and travel while keeping the focus on practical steps and skill-building.
| 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
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
