Andrew Leighton, BACP
Andrew Leighton is a counsellor who focuses on building a trusting relationship where clients feel heard.
About Andrew
Andrew Leighton is a counsellor who focuses on building a trusting relationship where clients feel heard. He uses a compassionate, non-judgemental style and keeps sessions led by the client while offering guidance when helpful. Andrew is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP, which is listed as his professional credential.
Clients come to him for many concerns, including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, and problems with sleep or eating.
Background and approach
He also supports people navigating relationship strain, parenting challenges, career decisions and life transitions. Additional areas he works on include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, and issues around commitment and communication. His approach is integrative and draws on several therapies.
Andrew uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-Based and client-centred ideas, along with mindfulness and narrative techniques. He adapts techniques to fit each person rather than applying one fixed method. Sessions are conversational and practical.
Andrew helps people unpack the stories they tell about themselves, spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and try small experiments to shift day-to-day habits. He offers a mixture of listening and gentle challenge to help people move forward. He has four years of practice experience and additional training in areas such as addiction work, substance misuse counselling, grief and loss, and compassionate inquiry.
Andrew welcomes enquiries in English from people within the United Kingdom.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 401891 | November 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Andrew works with
Everything Andrew lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- 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
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Andrew lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andrew will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then recommend techniques that fit. The choice of methods is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities, or mobility limitations while keeping continuity of care with a single therapist.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does he help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, sleep and eating concerns, relationship and parenting challenges, and related issues.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Sessions are client-led and conversational, with a compassionate and non-judgemental tone. He offers guidance to unpack life stories and try practical changes.
How much experience does he have?
He has four years of practice experience and further training in areas such as addiction work, substance misuse counselling and grief and loss.
What credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is listed with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted; he works with people within the United Kingdom.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does payment and starting up work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; 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 a time based on availability.
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