Paul Linger
Practical, compassionate therapy for everyday struggles
About Paul
Paul Linger helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction and relationship problems. He also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, body image and self-esteem concerns. Paul works with a wide range of practical and emotional issues including parenting, career change, eating concerns and coping with life transitions.
Paul uses a warm and interactive style in sessions. He treats people with respect, sensitivity and compassion. He believes people bring strengths and knowledge about themselves that help change.
Background and approach
Paul holds BACP which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy accreditation. He has four years of professional experience as a therapist, alongside a decade of wider work in mental health services and social care. That background includes roles in autism and additional needs support, addiction services, youth work and time working within the NHS community mental health setting.
His practice draws on several approaches to suit different needs. He blends cognitive behavioural ideas with person-centred and attachment-informed thinking. Sessions are shaped around what each person finds most useful and realistic.
Paul aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable. He offers practical tools and listening to help people find more steadiness and purpose. If someone wants to explore goals, reduce symptoms or build healthier patterns, he works collaboratively to plan the way forward.
What Paul works with
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Sessions & fees
How Paul’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while staying connected to their values. It can help when anxiety, depression or life changes feel overwhelming by teaching simple exercises and clear actions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical exercises to reduce unhelpful patterns. It is helpful for anxiety, low mood, and many everyday problems.Finding the right approach is treated as a joint process. Paul will talk through what feels most relevant to the person's goals and tailor methods to suit their situation. Together they decide whether to try short structured work, gentler client-centred conversations, or a mix of techniques based on progress and preference.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Chat and messaging suit shorter updates or when someone prefers written reflection. These options aim to make it easier to attend therapy around work, family or mobility needs while keeping the focus on practical change and emotional support.
| 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
- 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 counselling
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
