About
Dr Paul Young is a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist (CBT therapist) who specialises in helping people who are experiencing problems with anxiety (e.g. generalised anxiety, social anxiety, panic, obsessive compulsive disorder) and depression, as well as related issues with confidence, self-criticism, perfectionism and low self-esteem.
Paul is an accredited registrant with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (MNCPS Acc.). He is also a chartered member of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol).
Position at Priory
Paul provides individual as well as group therapy, for adults at Priory Hospital Roehampton’s therapy centre. He draws on and integrates several modalities of CBT depending on the unique needs of his clients. He has received extensive training in rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive therapy (CT), compassion-focused-therapy (CFT), solution-focused therapy (SFT), and mindfulness.
Paul’s style is warm, collaborative and friendly, recognising that seeking support and guidance for mental health can feel a bit overwhelming for some, particularly at first. He ensures that a client’s goals are at the centre of the process and works at a pace that suits his clients’ unique needs.
Prior to retraining in psychology and mental health, Paul spent 10 years working in corporate environments, including four years in London and New York with the global financial services company BlackRock. Because of his personal, clinical and research experience, Paul often works with people who are balancing busy professional and personal lives.
Training
- Loughborough University
- King’s College London
- Exeter University
- The College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, London
- Surrey Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS)
- The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, King’s College London
Research interests
Alongside providing psychotherapy, Paul is an academic researcher in the field of mental health and wellbeing. For his PhD thesis, Paul designed and delivered a novel psychological coaching intervention for stress management and resilience building among corporate employees. He has published academic papers on CBT/REBT, mindfulness, workplace mental health and child and adolescent mental health across a range of leading peer reviewed journals. He remains a visiting researcher with Loughborough University and co-facilitates a veteran’s resilience programme at the University, in collaboration with the Royal Air Force Association.
Links to clinical articles
- Young, P., & Turner, M. (2023). To iB or not to iB, that is the question: on the differences between Ellis’ REBT and Beck’s CT. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. Cambridge University Press, 16:e16. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1754470X23000090
- Young, P., Chow, V., Haslam, C, Wood, A. and Barker, J. (2022) Can Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and Mindfulness be Integrated Effectively within High Performance Settings? Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 41(2), 411–431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-022-00475-x
- Young, P., Elgee, A., Chow, V., Haslam, C. O., & Barker, J. B. (2024). A systematic review of cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based interventions for white-collar worker mental well-being in business environments. Mental Health Science, e84. https://doi.org/10.1002/mhs2.84
- Young, P., Chow, V., Haslam, C., & Barker, J. (2023) A qualitative study exploring white-collar employee/manager experiences of mental health and wellbeing initiatives in corporate environments. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 65(12), 734–743. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002969
- King, A. M., Plateau, C. R., Turner, M. J., Young, P., & Barker, J. B. (2024). A systematic review of the nature and efficacy of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy interventions. Plos one, 19(7), e0306835. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306835
- Mughal, F., Young, P., Stahl, D., Asarnow, J. R., & Ougrin, D. (2024). Mortality in adolescents after therapeutic intervention for self‐harm: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. JCPP Advances, e12302. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12302