Alex De Ville, BACP

Alex De Ville uses client-centred ways of working to help people feel heard and understood. He combines this with practical cognitive behavioural techniques and a psychodynamic lens to look at patterns that repeat over time. Alex is based in the United Kingdom and speaks English. Alex has six years of experience in counselling and psychotherapy. He focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. He also supports people facing compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and concerns around self-esteem and career changes. Additional areas Alex pays attention to include eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, ADHD, bipolar difficulties, and coping with life changes. He also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, and end-of-life concerns. His sessions aim to centre the client’s perspective. He starts by listening to the story you bring and your strengths. From there he offers tools from cognitive behavioural work to manage symptoms and psychodynamic ideas to make sense of recurring patterns. Alex describes therapy as a collaborative process. He supports people who want practical strategies as well as those who want to understand long-term patterns. To begin, clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How Alex blends practical work and deeper exploration online

Client-Centred Therapy places the person and their experience at the heart of the work. It focuses on listening, empathy and building a trusting relationship so people can speak openly about what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, uses straightforward techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and can help with anxiety, depression, sleep and stress. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at long-term patterns and early life influences to make sense of recurring problems and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Alex will work with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. That usually means trying out practical strategies while also noticing themes that keep coming up, and adjusting the plan together as progress is made.

The original biography does not specify which online session formats are used, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find remote counselling helps fit sessions into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or making it easier to schedule around work or caregiving. Online work can allow shorter check-ins, regular weekly meetings, or a mix of deeper sessions and brief follow-ups depending on what suits the individual and the therapist.