Dennis Gurr, BACP

How approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and creating a respectful space where the person leads the conversation. This helps with anxiety, low self-esteem and life decisions by letting someone explore worries and values at their own pace.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thought patterns and behaviours that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and short experiments to reduce anxious thinking and to build new habits that feel more helpful.

Motivational Interviewing is a conversational way to strengthen motivation for change. It is useful when people feel stuck with behaviours like addictive patterns or when they find big changes daunting.

Dennis sees finding the right approach as a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and pick methods that fit their needs. Adjustments are made over time so the work remains useful and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat can be a quicker check-in and messaging supports short updates between meetings. These options help people fit therapy around work, family or travel without losing continuity of care.