Philip Hazlehurst, BACP

Philip Hazlehurst is a BACP counsellor with 15 years of experience based in the United Kingdom. He offers a calm, down-to-earth approach and aims to make counselling feel straightforward and approachable. He understands how hard the first step can be because he has attended counselling himself.

Philip uses a person-centred way of working that keeps the client’s voice central. He also draws on mindfulness techniques to help with overwhelming thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is another tool he uses to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.

He regularly supports people facing grief, life-changing illness, anxiety and depression. He also works with concerns linked to trauma, sexual violence and domestic violence, and with LGBT issues. Philip pays attention to how losses and attachment patterns shape current struggles.

Additional areas he helps with include abandonment, commitment and control issues, communication problems, blended family strains, fatherhood concerns, and the pressures of caregiving. He has experience with chronic pain, long-term illness and the stresses of serious medical conditions.

Philip aims to find a practical way forward with each person. In sessions he listens, reflects, and offers focused strategies when helpful. He encourages clients to notice small changes and to try manageable steps between meetings.

How his approaches can work in online therapy

Philip often uses client-centred work, which focuses on listening, reflecting and following what matters to the person. This approach helps people feel heard and to make sense of difficult experiences.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and teaches practical techniques to try new approaches to problems. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and patterns that keep returning.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and manage overwhelming feelings. It is commonly used alongside other approaches to help with stress, anxiety and depression.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Philip treats this as a collaboration and will discuss what feels most helpful for each person. He checks in about goals and preferences and adapts the plan as progress unfolds.

If you are thinking about online sessions, confirm the exact session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, avoid travel and keep contact steady during difficult periods. It also allows for shorter check-ins or telephone conversations when video or long sessions are hard to arrange.