Russell Bresgall, BACP

Russell Bresgall offers person-centred counselling that focuses on the relationship between counsellor and client. He uses listening and reflection to help people make sense of what they are feeling. Russell aims to create a calm space where people can talk about difficult problems and begin to make change.

He brings 12 years of experience working with common struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression and addiction. He also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and issues around intimacy and relationships. Russell works with concerns including sleep and eating difficulties, anger, low self-esteem and challenges at work or with life direction.

Russell draws on several approaches to shape sessions. Client-Centred Therapy sits at the core, meaning the client leads the pace and topics. He also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help spot unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and Mindfulness to build present-moment awareness.

Sessions are practical and conversational. Russell helps people reflect, try small changes and develop coping strategies that fit everyday life. He pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, impulsivity and feelings of emptiness when these arise.

He holds BACP registration, which is recorded as BACP. Russell works from the United Kingdom and runs short-term coaching-style work as well as longer counselling where needed. He offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. To begin, people follow the site’s Start Therapy process to match and schedule sessions.

How Russell’s approaches translate to online counselling

Russell often works from a person-centred base, which means sessions focus on the person’s concerns and the relationship in the room. This approach helps clients feel heard and guides slower, reflective work on emotional issues such as grief, shame or attachment concerns.

He also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect. CBT helps with practical problems like anxiety, sleep difficulties and unhelpful routines by building concrete skills and experiments to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods that suit the person. That choice is collaborative and can shift as needs change.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats. Please confirm available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can use techniques from person-centred and CBT models effectively over distance, focusing on practical tools, reflection and steady progress.