About Deborah
Deborah Gray is a counsellor with ten years' experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety and depression. She works with adults who are struggling with relationships, self-esteem or big life changes. Her approach is warm and practical, aimed at making day-to-day life feel more manageable.
Deborah trained and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She blends several ways of working to suit each person. Sessions are conversational and collaborative, with an emphasis on what helps clients right now.
Background and approach
Many people come to her with trauma or abuse histories, grief, sleep problems or anger. She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, codependency and intimacy-related concerns. Her practice includes help for people coping with the effects of ageing and medical or life crises.
Her clinical toolkit draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas. Deborah uses these alongside a client-centred stance to build trust and practical skills. The result is focused work that connects thoughts, feelings and everyday action.
Sessions often include straightforward exercises, problem-solving and conversations about values and goals. Deborah aims to help people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward it. The work is steady, respectful and aimed at realistic change.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take small steps toward a more meaningful life while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It suits worries, anxiety and problems that come from feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, low mood and sleeping problems.The right approach is something to choose together. The therapist will talk about goals and try methods that fit the person's needs and preferences. That might mean combining ACT ideas with CBT techniques or focusing on attachment-based work to address relationship patterns.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so people can pick what works best. Video calls are useful for a fuller face-to-face feel, phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited, and messaging can support brief check-ins or ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while still getting steady therapeutic support.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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