Russell Bloom
Practical, respectful therapy for life’s hard moments
About Russell
Russell Bloom helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and depression. He supports those coping with relationship and family tensions, addiction and trauma. He also works with people dealing with anger, low self-esteem, career change and intimacy-related concerns.
He keeps conversations straightforward and respectful. Sessions aim to listen first and then build simple, practical steps forward. He tailors the pace and topics to each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
Russell uses a mix of approaches to suit different problems. He draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. He also uses client-centred methods that place the person’s experience at the heart of sessions.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, appears when someone needs tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help people notice their thoughts and feelings with less judgement. He has 17 years of practice and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Russell works with adults in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. He is not taking international clients. People meet him for online or phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
He asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire before arranging their first session so the work can start with clear goals.
What Russell works with
How Russell works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Russell uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. This approach helps people understand patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect stress, trust and intimacy. Client-Centred Therapy is also central to his work and focuses on creating a respectful, non-judgemental space where the person’s own experience guides the sessions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical alternatives when someone needs clearer strategies for anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will discuss options and try methods that fit a person’s goals and preferences. The process is collaborative, with adjustments made as progress and needs become clearer.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people talk face to face when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions are useful when video is difficult or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching or times when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other responsibilities while still working with registered or accredited professionals.
| 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- 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
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
