Testimonials From Real People Who Have Been Helped

Here you can see some of the testimonials offered by past and current Counsellors Online clients.

Please note that some of the testimonials have been anonymised to protect the clients confidentiality. Where names have been shown, this is with the permissions of the client.

I hope you find the insights into my work useful.

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Kindest regards Paul Parkin - Counsellor and Life Coach.

I first came to Paul for his help with bereavement counselling after the death of a close family member, I had always been a very strong person and was shocked at how internally I had been so affected by it I didn’t want to talk to someone that I might bump into in the street and so started to look for an online counsellor.

When I first came across Paul and counsellors online I very sceptically tried his services as I figured even if it was rubbish I had only lost £20 and wouldn’t contact him again. How wrong I was, even after my first session in 2011 I realised Paul was very good at his job and working at my own pace felt comfortable very slowly opening up to him, I continued for a while with the bereavement counselling, then decided that I wanted 2012 to be a very much better and different year for me than before, so I decided to invest in myself and work on myself with Paul’s help, I have now been through most of the issues I have experienced in my life to include work and relationships, I am now working on moving forward in a new and more positive way and changing my mind set on life for the better.

Friends and family have commented on how much happier and more positive I am and the little things don’t worry me as much and I know that I can handle future big things with more confidence. I didn’t know before that I had low self-esteem which contributed to some of my issues but once you are aware of something you can change it for the better. I still have a way to go before I really feel I will have reached where I want to be but I am further to the end than the beginning, and once I feel I am finished I know I can always come back to Paul should I need help in the future. I finally feel like I am getting “me” back, and feel like I have a friend helping me who wont judge or say things because he thinks he should, Paul is always honest in the nicest way he can be.

I would say to anyone considering, just try a few sessions and see how you get on, it could literally change your life like it has for me so it’s got to be worth a try!

If you have ever felt completly lost, alone, different from everyone around you, not been able to move forward through fear - literall or your own imagination running wild from past or present experiences in your life, not to be able to talk to anyone thinking or knowing they wont understand you or be able to help you in anyway?

Thats exactly how i felt when i decided to do counselling, i searched the website and was drawn to this website counselling sight and i now know from that day forward i made the right choice.

Paul is a fantastic counsellor, supportive, understanding, always there for you, to support and guide you to find the right answers to help you move forward past the block that is holding you back from living the life you dream of living even without you realising thats whats happening.

After only a few months sessions once or twice a week i completely turned my life around, i have met a wonderful man, will shortly be living together and have a child on the way. work has become alot easier for me, i have opened upto people and now have a better working relationship with my collegues along with good friendships due to the confidence i have found through my sessions with paul.

Thank you really doesn't cut it for all paul has done for me over the past few months, he is a true inspiration, i am so grateful that i have had the chance to have paul within my life and not just as a counsellor but also a friend.

I would highly reccomend paul to anyone who needs a little bit of support in their lives for whatever reason to move forward and have the life they really want and most definitly deserve, a happy life.

Cheryl UK November 2011

The reduced fees on the counsellors online website are the cheapest online counselling anywhere. I found the website most informative and the counselor Paul to be a very positive and professional practitioner of counselling and he helped me in just 6 sessions to change a life time of bad decisions. Spending just 19.99 for a 50 Minute session with such a gifted individual is One of lifes bargains.

Paul is unique and special. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have been able to spend so much time with him and benefit from his professional dedication. I would heartily recommend him to anyone considering talking to a counsellor. He is very passionate about the role he provides to someone in need and he believes strongly in the power of counselling.

I have had many sessions with Paul. We chatted very regularly over several months and it was a big commitment for us both. We really connected and he became my life line. Our final chat was just a few weeks ago. Paul really embraced my issues and took time to understand and get to know me. He's a talented counsellor who is so perceptive and clearly grasps the complexities of life. He was patient with me, supportive and compassionate. He has this amazing contagious positivity and I really enjoy his company. He's also willing to share of himself and so it felt easy to open up and talk.

Counselling can be exhausting and emotionally draining and at times tested my personal strength to the brink. It also provided me very much needed support and all in all it has been an amazing emotional journey. I think it would be fair to say that I put Paul through his paces on occasions and he never once lost faith in me. I think he is a wonderful person.

Now that I have come to the end of counselling I look back and consider my time with Paul as a worthwhile emotional and financial investment. Already I can see how every aspect of my being is in such a better place.

Paul Parkin quickly assessed the serious personal breakdown that had arisen between me and my grown-up son. He absorbed the description of events and situations in our lives from childhood onwards, which I had emailed preparatory to getting help from Paul, extremely well.

Paul made a number of suggestions as to the cause of the problem as well as comparisons with similar father/son breakdowns.This advice and careful recommendations proved to be so helpful that to a large degree I was able to go a very long way towards resolving the problem without more formal counseling. I am so very grateful.

Online counselling has been a very powerful and effective way to for me to share. The time I have spent talking to Paul has been a

fundamental investment in me, and a tremendous source of support. The online platform is convenient and accessible. It has given me the privacy, space and time to be completely free, releasing all my inner emotions and thoughts with an experienced professional. I have felt completely uninhibited and totally supported in the sharing of my deepest of feelings. To share feels really good, it lifts the burden and it brings hope.

I trust Paul implicitly; we have a rapport and a very close connection. He's given me unstinting professional support and guidance with great care and dedication. He has been there for me through some of my toughest months.

My work with Paul is ongoing and I am delighted to say that my dark days of anguish and despair are truly behind me. I am happy, relaxed and peaceful these days. I feel strong and able to cope. In just a few months I have found courage and joy that were always there deep within me and even though it’s not perfect, I love my life!

"It is not an understatement to say that Paul Parkin has saved my life; he gave me hope when I felt that no hope was left; he showed me a way when I felt lost.

I have shared very deep seated and personal problems with Paul and he has always remained entirely non judgemental, compassionate and understanding. I was not convinced that ‘internet counselling’ could ever work effectively and I feared judgement, but Paul has developed a very deep understanding of me and has helped me absolutely immeasurably. He senses when I need reassurance, encouragement and compassion but has also remained pragmatic, focused and grounded in steering me through some very difficult challenges and taking positive steps forwards.

If you are even thinking about exploring this service, I urge you to try. Paul is a truly gifted counsellor. His compassionate and down to earth personality has helped me through a myriad of problems and has helped separate the wood from the trees.

Counsellors-Online is a safe and effective method of working through lifes mess. Paul Parkin helped me to tidy my life and sort it into managable boxes, a very easy strategy with incredible results.

At counsellors Online I found answers to many long protracted problems, issues that have hindered my life for many years. Paul is a genius at his profession and I cannot ever thank him enough.

His articles at ezinearticles.com was where i discovered Paul's Online Counselling service, I began with a certain scepticism but was soon to see that his blend of professionalism and caring was to help me make relatively simple changes to my thinking, which has resulted in major plus factors in my life. All this from working with a counsellor online. Simply incredible. Thank you so very much Paul.

I've been working with Paul over the last couple of months and can honestly say that it's been a great experience. He's provided me with the tools and thinking methods to propel me forward and convert my life into a 100% positive experience. His approach and methods are truly practical and very effective. Paul has a natural and caring demeanour that puts you at ease immediately, facilitating a great counselling relationship where you can truly open up and work through any issues. Thanks to the work with Paul, I feel like what has been a stressful year for me where I couldn't see any positives amongst the despair, has now been completely turned around. I can't thank Paul enough for helping me turn my life around completely.

Counsellors-Online is a fantastic website full of free information and advice. Apart from that the online counselor is incredible, he talks sense and gets to the bottom of things very quickly. My work on me continues, but no longer alone.

"From Paul's reply to my first long email it was obvious that he had taken the time to read and think about what I wrote. His reply was thoughtful, yet to the point. It was not full of waffle and jargon. Whether Paul is aware of this or not, his reply contains little phrases which to me were meaningful and memorable. What is more he is prepared to give of himself.
Thank you Paul, you helped me a lot in a short space of time."

Well, what can I say, I would like to thank Paul Parkin from the bottom of my heart for all his help and support. Put simply, he gets me! I found Paul online at one of the lowest points of my life so far, although I have lived through may crisies before that point, I simply couldn’t see a way forward and in truth I don’t know how I would have got through Christmas without him. Its now March and my life is entirely different which is mainly down to the choices that I have made with Paul's help. It feels like he has given me permission to live again, and I know he will I say I gave myself permission, but without him hearing me and validating my thoughts and feelings I would never have moved forward and discovered the real person within, just waiting to be set free. I am still working with Paul, and I appreciate that what has taken a lifetime to learn, cannot be undone overnight, but I know that with Paul's help I will get there. I am already a happier person, more confident and I worry less in the short time we have been working together. So thank you Paul, you are and will continue to be a shining star.

Hi to everyone, I am a 44 year old UK male who suffered a nervous breakdown in September 2006. I bought and tried every self help book, Cd and tape that was available on the market but didn't improve. Life was one constant dread for 3 years until I came across this website. MY LIFE HAS TOTALLY CHANGED THANKS SOLELY TO Mr. PAUL PARKIN. He has slowly guided and taught me things in our online sessions that I never would have believed possible and his wisdom and down to earth manner in which he explains the how's and why's of what i was experiencing has given me my life back and much, much more. I am totally indebted to Paul. I would encourage and urge anyone who is struggling with LIFE to counsel with Paul, he is a wonderful mentor!

What a journey - its great to be alive. Thank you Paul Parkin for helping me break the chains of my past.

Online Life Coaching is a great service, the coach here is full of practical advice to help with any problem. My own issues were resolved in a very short time (12 sessions). Many thanks Paul.

Incredible, insightful, talented, and wholesome - just some of the words i would use to describe the counselor here. A great tonic for anyone who is lost. many thanks for walking beside me. Annie H. PA. 07/29/09

Being alone and travelling the world can be a lonely and isolating life, thank you for being at the touch of a button, you offer a truly wonderful service. It is great to know that from anywhere in the world i can get to communicate with you and beam pearls of wisdom to help me on my way. Jonathon H.

A beautiful light has been switched on in my life, the darkness is a memory and the new skills I have been taught are the guiding path. No words can convey my grattitude to you.

Life has been a continual battle for me since my early years, not having the right preparation makes it difficult, this service and the insight of the therapist has helped me to accept the things I cannot change and given me the strength to change the things I can change. There is some way to go but I have hope for the first time in my life, what a wonderful feeling HOPE is. M.W.T. 5th May 2009

After six coaching sessions I now see the misjudgements of my past, I am learning to forgive myself and other's and move forward to a better place. Thank you. S.Bloomfiels MA. 4/20/09

I have worked with a life coach in the past, however a life coach who is also an experienced cousellor is by far more helpful. I think there is overlap in relation to the insight you have been able to offer me using all of your skills, and I can already see some of the things I am doing wrong. Thank you Paul. Sue T. March 09

In only two online life coach sessions, I have begun to make changes to my life which have already seen a marked improvement. The clarity and the wisdom offered by my coach is amazing. I am unlearning all the crap that has held me back for so long. I cannot wait for my next session. Elaine T. MA. 3/19/2009

After making a series of long and painful relationship choices, I decided to ask for help. Paul helped me to see where I was going wrong in the type of men I was attracted to. He also helped me to understand why I was attracted to losers. I am working on my self now in order to make better choices in the future. Life coaching has helped me to feel and do better with the life I want! E.H. U.S.

I have had depression from an early age. At age Twelve I started to become withdrawn and difficult. I am usually a very happy person who loves life but when this hits me........... It is a totally different story.

The usual depression signs and it is hell and difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Seen several doctors during my life time and finally they said I had bi polar and put me on lithium which helped me a great deal. At the moment I am on a low dosage and also take an anti depressant. I was ok for a while but now even on the meds I have gone down again but not as down as before....I can cope. I am hoping this phase will lift soon.

I have never tried counselling and thought that it might be a good idea so I am looking forward to talking to Paul. I am sure that he might be able to help me. All the best to the people out there that are suffering with depression, it is horrible, but there is a light an the end of the tunnel (my favouite expression) and you will beat this and learn how to manage it. I am on the way to doing this but it has taken me a while. Never give up! Take Care. J. March 09

Paul after reading your excellent article on ezinearticles I just wanted to say that the prospect of working with you is one I look forward to roll on Monday when I hope to eventually move forward. Anonymous American 02/26/2009

Thankyou Mr Paul, i would never have dreamed that in six sessions you helped me to move on from years of heartache. You are just incredible. R.S Weiner 02/09

It was so timely to find your excellent service on facebook, I had big problems but reading the information on your website has helped so much. Looking forward to my session with you Paul.

Our work together has changed my life, as said before THANK YOU will never be enough. Penny Oct-Dec 2008

Well I was a sceptic until we chatted, your common sense techniques for parenting were beyond my comprehension until now. How could I have got it so wrong! My relationship with my little horrors has been turned around in a few weeks.

“Paul I have recommended you to a relative as talking to you helped me see things so much more clearly and even my friends noticed a change in that i was more confident and happy”.
L (March 08)

Thank you Paul you helped and encouraged me to kick a 14 year addiction to drink - you never judged me and were always positive about the problems I had. I now realize that the drinking was a result of other things, and in addressing these issues I was free from the need to drink. I owe you so much, but I know you will say I did it!
Philip - March 2006

Paul, what can I say that even goes close. After 9 yrs of people trying to help, your simple yet effective "who am I" sessions released me from the wasting depression I have endured for so, so long. Much gratitude, my journey companion.
Mark 21/04/06

Paul, the choices I had to make were the hardest I have ever had to do, but the rewards have been like an awakening, a new start at life, the most precious of all gifts.

A great start and very comfortable way to deal with things through web chat. I have now booked my first appointment as I have just had my free consultation and am looking forward to working with Paul
thanks
C 10/06

You were with me all the way during my journey with you in 2001. You never let me down! I have 'traveled' alone since, (through choice), but the difference is, I now know where the 'pitfalls' lie, that plagued my earlier life. With that in mind, I shall succeed for many years to come!

A great way to deal with your problems and a great man to help you overcome your problems. Paul has helped me so much and am very grateful for that. Thanks very much Paul for your help in my journey.
Craig - May/07

A really useful service, counselling online is a much easier method than face to face counselling. Professional, effective and inspiring, at a reasonable cost. Thanks Paul. M.H.07/07

Paul has been such a huge help to me these past few weeks. He has listened & not judged. He has guided & encouraged me & shown me a way to change the ingrained patterns of my past. Patterns shaped when I was small by abuse & rejection. I am now choosing to react differently to situations. It is not easy but I am beginning to understand myself and others more and to value myself. The road is just beginning but Paul has really set me on the right track & I will definately come back to use his expertise again in the future if I feel I need it. 'Thank you' doesn't really cover it as a phrase! - August 07

I feel that it is a great idea to include the two counsellors profiles and pictures on the website. It offers the opportunity to become familiar with them before your first session. The honesty about themselves shows their human side, which is reassuring. Honesty and familiarity are of core importance when allowing yourself to feel comfortable with a Counsellor.

These are some of the testimonials offered by past and current clients, they are completely unsolicited and are shared in order to help you decide whether Counsellors Online can help you.

They have all been anonymised to protect the confidentiality and privacy of the individual. Thank you for taking the time to read them. I would also like to acknowledge the courage and insight of all the people I have had the privelage of working alongside.