About Paul Cullen

I was very fortunate to find myself in a position where I was offered support, which at the time included some counselling. Before that, I had experienced a number of personal difficulties, including homelessness. Through that support and therapy, I went on to work for an organisation supporting drug and alcohol rehabilitation and homelessness.

Working in the homeless sector, alongside people who had struggled with trauma and addiction, led me to start training as a therapist, initially to develop my own communication skills. Counselling training became a genuine part of my own personal development, and I pursued it through to diploma level, qualifying as a therapist in 2007.

Since then, I've worked across a number of settings, including secondary schools, children and family services, and mental health and wellbeing training, where I gained my initial teaching qualification. This allowed me to continue working within the therapeutic field. Having since qualified as a clinical supervisor, I now teach clinical supervision alongside running my online private practice.

I've continued to develop my own learning throughout my career, shaped directly by the people I've worked alongside, many of them experiencing trauma, navigating neurodivergence, or exploring their own identity. This led me to train in trauma-informed practice, and to complete CPD training and gain a certificate in working with autistic clients. I bring both lived-with and lived-as experience of neurodivergence to my work, alongside a genuine commitment to working competently and safely with members of the LGBTQIA+ community as they navigate their own identity.