Paul Mousley

Hello, I am an experienced accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist registered with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (BABCP). I have worked for 25 years in adult mental health in the NHS including 9 years as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist in a psychotherapy team.

I work with people who encounter psychological distress through challenges they have faced in life and help them to make sense of their situation and make changes to move forward. I am motivated to help people and I offer a safe, supportive environment in which to listen and explore issues in a confidential manner. I am warm, compassionate, caring and sensitive to others which I believe are the most important qualities when working with people.

Testimonials

"Paul understands every issue I have discussed with him. He is a very thoughtful and understanding person who is helping me to cope with my problems. I look forward to my weekly sessions with Paul, he calms me down and makes me feel more positive. He is very professional and understanding man. I look forward to my sessions with Paul, he calms me down and makes me feel more positive". Kath

"The therapy has helped me massively. When I first started I was so nervous and anxious but can't believe how much I have got over my anxiety. I now understand it and can deal with it instead of having panic attacks and worrying all the time. I am much more chilled and enjoy life. Paul really understands my issue and has helped me understand and learning how to deal with it, it has grown confidence in me. I am really happy to have found Paul as I have tried therapy a couple of times and felt it never worked or I couldn't open up, but it was nice to feel comfortable, to open up and talk about my problems". G

"To have a professional listen and offer a different opinion helped make sense of my problems. I believe he recognised my situation very well and understood my problems. Dave.
Paul is a good listener and understood what we needed to talk about, even, if on occasions I didn't. I had a couple of goals relating to improving my ability to have happy relationships, and talking to Paul, who understood me felt easy and natural. If relaxed and unthreatening is what you are looking for, then Paul will be perfect for you. unthreatening does not mean unchallenging, because my therapy was hard work at times, but definitely worth it". Rob

"He helped me manage my anger and temper, taught me to meditate and focus on my breathing. having a label put on my problems was the biggest breakthrough for trying to manage my problems". Josh.

"It is very useful for me to be able to get thoughts off my chest. and for someone to listen and help with my understanding of issues relevant to my current situation. He has helped me a lot to get to a place where I feel a lot free'er and able to get the moments of insecurity and intrusive thoughts. I would say Paul has a great understanding of OCD which I struggle with". K

"There was very little if anything at all what he didn't understand. Even if there were specific situations or obsessive things I did that he wasn't aware of , he could still provide useful information and techniques to combat them. I felt that what I was experiencing was easily explained, and that it was not something unique to me. The strategies that i have learned are always useful and have allowed me to free up a lot of time that would previously have been taken up. It allows you to help yourself. What you learn in CBT can be used for the rest of your life. In the case of CBT you do not necessarily need to detail every obsessive action you do, which allows progress to be made quickly". Sam

"Attending therapy has helped me regulate and understand my emotions and consequent behaviour to a greater extent that I previously did. Paul has helped me create action plans going forward to help me deal with situations that I previously struggled with. Since attending therapy, I have felt a lot less anxious with regards to certain situations and a greater sense of calmness in my life. I would recommend Paul to anyone who wants some help in any specific or general part of their life due to understanding nature and commitment to helping people become the best version of themselves" Matt

“I have found the session to be mightily helpful, in that I found someone who I can talk to without feeling judged and who put me at ease straight away. I found Paul had a way to understand all my issues. He has a way of talking to you, which puts you at ease. I have found Paul to be extremely knowledgeable, professional and I couldn’t recommend him enough to anyone. He has years of experience and it shows in the way he conducts his therapy”. Iain

“Just being able to talk to someone impartial. Very useful to have explained about the brain. I would definitely recommend this service, felt very comfortable, relaxed with Paul, really noticed super/adOCD”. Joshuavice and how it has benefited me in my mind. Very pleased paul has reassured me that If I have any problems in the future, he will be happy to fit me back in. Sy

“Attending Therapy made me realise a mental illness is a solvable problem and you are not on your own. From the very start the therapist seemed to understand my issues very well and by talking about them made me realise the more you talk about them the more he can help. Taking the first steps and asking for help is very hard but well worth doing and I am very happy I did". Ian

What type of therapy is it?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a psychological approach based on scientific principles which research has shown to be effective for a wide range of problems. It is evidenced based with hundreds of clinical trials and is included in the NICE guidelines (National Institute of Clinical Excellence). Client and therapist work together to identify and understand problems in terms of the client’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour and how they impact them. The approach relies on the client and therapist developing a shared view of the problems brought to therapy. This then leads to the identification of personalised, time limited therapy goals and planning of effective proven strategies to overcome problems.

The focus of therapy is to enable the client and therapist to generate solutions to the client’s problems that are more helpful than their present ways of coping. This often involves the client using the time between sessions to try out strategies considered in therapy.

Therapy involves weekly 1 hour sessions face to face at my clinic. In the first two sessions a plan will be jointly agreed so that effective strategies can be tailored to help the client with the root cause of their problems. Therapy can last up to 20 sessions although this could be more or less depending on the nature of the problem and the length of time it has affected the person. This would be reviewed regularly by client and therapist.

I charge £75 per individual therapy hourly session including initial assessment for self referrals payable after each session. For online therapy the payment is £75 payable after the session.

For requests for clinical supervision please contact me on the number given or by email to discuss your requirements.

I hold an Enhanced certificate to work with adults and children (DBS). As a member of the BABCP I follow their code of ethics.