Alexander Szendrei, BACP
Compassionate counsellor for relationship and life challenges
Book with Alexander- Years in practice
- 4
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Czech, Slovak
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Alexander
Alexander Szendrei is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship worries, grief, parenting strains, and issues with intimacy. He also supports people coping with life changes, addictions, eating concerns, anger, low self-esteem, career questions and depression. Alexander works with clients concerned about trauma, ADHD, LGBT matters and a range of attachment or relationship difficulties.
He uses a straightforward, human-centred style. Sessions begin with listening without judgement. Alexander aims to build a trusting relationship so people can talk openly about painful experiences and difficult feelings.
Background and approach
Alexander draws on several therapy approaches to shape each session. He uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences and early relationships influence current feelings and behaviour. He also uses client-centred techniques to focus on the person’s experience in the room and narrative approaches to help people reframe their life story.
Practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy are used when helpful, for example to spot unhelpful thinking and try out different ways of coping. He encourages clear, manageable steps so clients can test changes between sessions. Alexander trained and practised in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
He speaks English, Czech and Slovak and offers sessions online by video, phone, live chat or message.
What Alexander works with
Everything Alexander lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Alexander helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alexander lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How online approaches and therapy methods work together
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. It can help people understand patterns of closeness, distance and trust in their intimate and parenting roles.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s experience in the room. The therapist listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace, helping them feel heard and understood as they work through issues like grief, low self-esteem or life changes.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours. It is useful for anxiety, stress and mood problems when people want clear steps to test between sessions.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, and then suggest ways of working to try together. It is common to blend methods so the work fits the person’s situation and aims.
Online therapy makes those approaches easier to access. Video calls approximate face-to-face conversation and are useful for deeper therapeutic work. Phone sessions suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections and flexible timing. These formats help make regular sessions more practical around work and family life.
Questions people ask about Alexander
What kinds of problems does Alexander help with?
He supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting concerns, addictions and trauma among other difficulties.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He offers a warm, non-judgemental way of working that begins with careful listening and building trust before moving to practical change.
What is his clinical background?
He has four years of professional experience and draws on several approaches, including psychodynamic ideas, client-centred work and cognitive behavioural methods.
Where is he based and what are his credentials?
He practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Czech and Slovak.
Can people outside the UK work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted; he works with people based in the United Kingdom.
What session formats are offered?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and the first steps handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
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