Russell Bloom, BACP

Russell Bloom is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief and loss, and issues around addiction and trauma. He works with people facing low mood, anger, self-esteem struggles, career pressures, and the practical strains of life change. He also supports those coping with intimacy-related worries and compassion fatigue.

Russell uses a person-focused way of working. He treats people with respect and listens with sensitivity. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs, so conversations and plans are tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.

Over 17 years he has worked with a wide range of concerns including bipolar mood challenges, coping after bereavement, hoarding, and end-of-life or hospice related matters. He also addresses attachment and abandonment themes, family of origin issues, codependency, and substance-related problems.

Therapeutic approaches Russell draws on include attachment-based ideas, client-centred methods, cognitive behavioural techniques, existential perspectives, and mindfulness practices. These approaches are used to help people notice patterns in thinking and everyday habits, and to build practical ways to respond differently.

He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. If you are thinking about starting therapy he encourages people to take the next step and will work with you to shape sessions around your goals.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on the quality of close relationships and how early patterns can shape current responses; it can help when relationship worries, abandonment themes or attachment issues are causing distress. Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the centre, with the therapist offering empathic listening and reflection to help people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and everyday habits and offers practical techniques to change patterns that maintain anxiety, low mood or unhelpful behaviours.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Russell will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to use. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps you in daily life.

Please confirm which session formats are available before booking, as the original biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full in-person visit is hard to schedule. It can also let people choose options that suit their energy and concentration - for example, sessions that avoid video when video is tiring, or shorter meetings that fit a work break. Registered or accredited professionals use these choices to help therapy fit into day-to-day life rather than the other way round.