Billel Addad

Billel Addad is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction and eating or body image concerns. He works with individuals coping with depression, trauma, grief and relationship difficulties. Billel uses a warm, interactive style aimed at making difficult topics easier to talk about.

He draws on 16 years' experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. He aims to listen without judgement and to tailor sessions to each person's needs. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what changes would make life easier.

His approach blends practical techniques with reflective work. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, for example, can help identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behaviour changes. Attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas are used to look at how relationships shape feelings and patterns.

Billel also uses existential and client-centred ideas to help people find meaning and feel heard. He supports people through career stress, parenting strain, anger, shame and issues such as panic or bipolar mood challenges. He also helps with hospice and end-of-life concerns and caregiver stress.

If someone wants to try a different way of coping, he works to set realistic goals and steps. The first sessions focus on understanding the problem and agreeing what to work on together. People can expect straightforward conversation and practical options to try between sessions.

How Billel uses therapy approaches online

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns, and helps people understand how they relate to others. It can be useful for intimacy issues, attachment difficulties and some relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying small changes in behaviour to reduce anxiety, panic or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide what feels helpful, test different techniques and adjust plans based on what the person needs and prefers. That choice usually emerges over the first few sessions.

The biography does not specify particular online formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to attend from different locations if someone is travelling or living abroad. Registered or accredited professionals aim to adapt exercises, homework and conversation so the work translates well to remote sessions.