Paul Weeden

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mBACP Therapist, Coach & Supervisor

About me

Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or struggling to make sense of where you are in life? Perhaps anxiety, low mood, or the weight of unresolved experiences is holding you back from living the way you want to. If so, you are not alone — and meaningful change is possible.

I am a registered BACP integrative counsellor and embodiment coach based in east Sussex and Harley Street London W1, with over a decade of experience helping adults navigate some of life's most difficult terrain. My approach is warm, grounded, and tailored to you. I do not believe in fitting people into a fixed model; instead, I draw on a broad range of evidence-based therapies to meet you exactly where you are.

Whether you are dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, work-related stress, trauma, or simply a sense that something needs to change, my role is to offer a safe, confidential space where you can explore what is happening — and begin to move forward.

Training, qualifications & experience

My foundation training was a BACP-accredited Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling from the Centre for Personal & Professional Development, London. I chose an integrative training because I believe that no single model fits everyone — and that good therapy requires flexibility, creativity, and genuine attunement to the individual.

I have gained experience across a range of settings, including:

NHS Primary Care
YMCA — working therapeutically with young people in schools
The As You Are Centre, Southwick — a specialist counselling agency
Private practice — running a busy caseload across Seaford, Hove, and online

My continuing professional development includes specialist training in:

Embodied Facilitation & Integration
Trauma and Dissociation (Living With Dissociation; Partners of Dissociative Survivors)
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Time-Limited and Solution-Focused Therapy
Neuroscience and the Therapeutic Relationship
Neurodiversity — clinical applications
Working with Sandtray
Relational-Based Clinical Supervision

I'm also fully DBS checked and approved

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.

Accredited register membership

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Alongside the core areas listed above, I bring particular experience in the following:


Embodiment coaching — helping you reconnect with your body as a resource for insight, regulation, and change
Self-awareness and personal development — supporting clients in recognising their strengths, patterns, and potential
Survivors of childhood abuse — including complex trauma and dissociative presentations
Neurodiversity — ADHD, autism spectrum, and Asperger's, including late-diagnosis adjustment
Bipolar disorder — supportive therapeutic work alongside psychiatric care
Children and young people — therapeutic work in school and organisational settings
Career and life coaching — for people navigating transitions, purpose, or professional fulfilment
Brief, goal-focused work — for clients who want structured, time-limited support with a specific issue

Whatever brings you here, I will meet you with curiosity, care, and a genuine commitment to helping you find your way through.

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Fees

Concessions offered for

  • Low income
  • Keyworkers
  • OAPs
  • Students
  • Trainee counsellors
  • Unemployed
  • Refugees

Health Insurance/EAP

  • Axa Health
  • Vitality

Additional information

London Harley Street practice from £150 per one hour session

£60-80 per one hour session in East/West Sussex
Lower cost sessions are available at certain times

Couples sessions are charged at £100 per meeting

Zoom online conference meetings from- £60

Lower cost sessions are available at certain times

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Early morning
Morning
Early afternoon
Late afternoon
Evening

I work at my east Sussex practice and online on Monday, Thursday and Friday,

and I work in London W1 near Harley street on a Tuesday afternoon and evening.

Further information

I offer three flexible ways of working, depending on your needs and circumstances:

Short-Term / Solution-Focused Work

Sometimes life presents a specific challenge that calls for a focused, practical response — a crossroads, a sudden change, or a situation where you need an external perspective to help you regain your footing. In these cases, a brief, structured intervention can be highly effective.

We would typically agree on a SMART-based goal and work together for around 6–12 sessions, using tools from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) alongside a relational approach. You will feel heard and understood, while also gaining practical strategies for moving forward.


Brief Psychotherapy & Counselling

For issues that need more than a single focused intervention, but where time or resources are a practical consideration, brief psychotherapy offers a middle ground. Rather than aiming to resolve everything completely, the goal is to process what is most pressing — to help you feel more able to cope, more clear, and less alone with what you are carrying.

We would usually agree on approximately twelve 50-minute sessions, reviewing progress as we go.


Open-Ended Integrative Therapy

For deeper or longer-standing difficulties — patterns that have been present for much of your life, complex relational histories, or trauma — open-ended therapy offers the time and space to go further.

This is integrative psychodynamic and humanistic work. Our early experiences with caregivers shape the way we engage with the world, and through building a relationship based on trust, consistency, and empathy, we can begin to explore how the past is influencing the present. We can uncover unconscious patterns and defences, process unresolved emotions, and gradually develop a more authentic relationship with yourself and others.

We begin with an agreed initial contract of 6–12 sessions, reviewing together as we progress.

37 Queen Anne Street, London, Greater London, W1G 9JB

Seaford, East Sussex, BN25

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone
Home visits

Types of client

Children (0-12)
Young people (13-17)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples
Groups
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

DBS check

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Wheelchair user access
Wheelchair user access

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You can contact the Counsellor to discuss the options available.

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Online platforms

FaceTime
Zoom

Supervision

In person
Online
Phone

I offer individual and group relational clinical supervision in London and Sussex, as well as on Skype and the telephone.

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