About Alex
Alex Nelson is a counsellor who works from a strengths-based view. She meets people where they are and offers calm, practical support for stress, anxiety, grief and low mood. Her work aims to help people build confidence and steady motivation so everyday life feels more manageable.
Alex believes clients are the experts in their own lives. She listens first, then helps people notice patterns that get in the way. Sessions focus on clear, doable steps alongside time to reflect and make sense of painful experiences.
Background and approach
Her background includes four years of practice in the United Kingdom and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That experience has involved supporting people through trauma and abuse, bereavement, and long-standing worries that sap confidence. Therapy draws on a mix of approaches to suit the person in front of her.
Alex uses techniques that look at attachment and relationships, explore thoughts and behaviours, and encourage present-moment awareness. The aim is to use methods that feel understandable and useful to each client. Sessions are conversational and grounded.
People can expect a gentle pace, plain language, and collaborative planning. Alex helps set practical goals and reviews progress so work in between sessions stays relevant and achievable.
How these approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions help people notice how past bonds affect trust and closeness, which can be useful for attachment issues, abandonment worries and relationship-related anxiety.Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows the client’s lead, offering empathy and reflection to build self-understanding and confidence.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. In short sessions this approach helps name unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioural experiments to reduce anxiety and lift mood.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The counsellor will discuss options and adapt methods to each person’s needs, goals and preferences. Sessions begin with an assessment of what feels most important, and plans are reviewed as work progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging helps keep a record of reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, study and caring responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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