Adrian Robson, BACP

Adrian Robson offers a calm and straightforward space for people facing midlife shifts, stress, anxiety or relationship strain. He writes plainly and listens closely so clients can talk about what matters. Adrian aims to help people make sense of confusing feelings and decide what matters next for them.

He works from a person-centred base. That means the relationship matters most and sessions are shaped around the client’s pace and priorities. Adrian also uses elements of cognitive behavioural work to help notice unhelpful thinking and try small changes in daily life.

Adrian brings over 25 years of experience in physical health and somatic bodywork into his counselling. That background influences how he pays attention to bodily sensations and to how emotions show up in the body. He may gently invite reflection on physical feelings as another route to understanding difficult emotions.

Sessions aim to be warm, grounded and honest. Adrian describes the work as collaborative - he listens, offers observations, and sometimes suggests practical steps to try between sessions. The focus is on helping people reconnect with inner strengths, reduce suffering, and find clearer ways forward.

Over 17 years in counselling practice, Adrian has supported people through grief, trauma and abuse, cancer and chronic illness, parenting strains, workplace pressures, low self-esteem and sleep difficulties. He works with both short-term concerns and longer-term personal growth, helping people take practical steps towards change.

How Adrian’s approaches translate to online therapy

Adrian combines person-centred listening with cognitive behavioural and somatic-informed work. Person-centred therapy focuses on empathy, acceptance and a trusting relationship so clients feel heard and understood; it helps with emotional clarity and deciding next steps. Cognitive behavioural elements look at how thoughts and behaviours keep problems going, offering simple experiments to try between sessions to reduce anxiety or low mood. Somatic-informed attention involves noticing bodily sensations and gentle reflection on how the body and emotions connect, which can help with stress, trauma and chronic illness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Adrian treats the choice of methods as collaborative and will help identify what fits a person’s goals and preferences. He works with clients to balance talking, practical exercises and attention to bodily experience so the plan feels manageable.

The biography does not list specific online or in-person session formats, so please check available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family life, reduce travel time, and allow people to meet from different locations, including international clients. It also supports shorter check-ins or focused practical tasks when that suits someone’s day-to-day schedule.