About Paul
Paul Linger is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and depression. He also supports people dealing with grief, self-esteem struggles, parenting concerns and career uncertainty. Paul uses a respectful, down-to-earth style and aims to make sessions practical and focused on what matters most to the client.
Paul has four years of professional experience as a therapist and longer experience working in mental health roles.
Background and approach
Before independent practice he worked across autism and additional needs services, addictions, youth work and social care. He has also worked within the NHS in a community mental health service. His way of working is warm and interactive.
Sessions are shaped around each person’s needs and strengths, with the client’s goals guiding the work. He emphasises listening first, then helping people try manageable steps to change how they cope with difficult feelings. Paul draws on a mix of approaches including cognitive-behavioural techniques, client-centred ideas and attachment-based thinking.
He also uses elements from acceptance and commitment approaches and dialectical behaviour ideas when these fit the client’s goals. The focus is on practical tools and clearer thinking rather than labels or jargon. People who choose Paul can expect a collaborative approach that aims to build useful skills and greater emotional awareness.
He describes himself as sensitive and compassionate, and he adapts sessions to each person’s pace and situation. If someone is ready to take steps towards change, he offers steady support to help them move forward.
Approaches that suit online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them and then take steps towards a life that matters to them. It is often used for anxiety, stress and coping with change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical techniques to reduce unhelpful patterns; it can be especially useful for anxiety, depression and certain phobias. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating and feeling safe in connections.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paul will talk with each client about goals and preferences and then suggest techniques that fit those aims. The plan is collaborative: the therapist and client decide together which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions suit people who prefer not to be on camera or need lower bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing reflections between sessions or when writing feels easier. These options help people fit therapy around work, caring duties and other commitments, making it simpler to attend regularly.
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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 counseling
- 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-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior 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
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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