About Gabriel
Gabriel (Gabor) Bene is a counsellor who helps people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress and life changes. He writes in a straightforward way and listens closely so people feel heard. He works with issues such as depression, self‑esteem, addictions and grief.
Gabriel is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). Gabriel uses a mix of talking approaches to suit each person. He often draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to notice and change unhelpful thinking.
Background and approach
He also uses client‑centred, attachment‑based and emotionally focused ideas to build trust and explore relationship patterns. Sessions are practical and paced to the individual. People can expect to set small, achievable goals and try out new skills between meetings.
Gabriel pays attention to how past experiences affect current feelings and behaviours. He has six years of experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, anger, compassion fatigue and intimacy issues. He also supports those navigating career stress, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, and neurodiversity‑related challenges such as autism and ADHD.
Gabriel offers appointments in English and accepts international clients. He uses flexible online formats so people can choose what fits their routines. His approach aims to be respectful, clear and focused on practical change.
How Gabriel’s approaches translate to online therapy
Gabriel commonly draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, client‑centred work and attachment‑based ideas in online sessions. CBT focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviours and trying practical changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Client‑centred work puts the person’s experience at the centre, with the counsellor reflecting and listening to help people find their own solutions. Attachment‑based approaches look at how early relationship patterns influence current bonds and reactions, which can help with intimacy and relationship concerns.Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the process. Gabriel will work with each person to decide which approaches feel most useful given their goals and preferences. That decision is made together and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text‑based messaging. Video works well for deeper, face‑to‑face conversation, while phone can fit a shorter check‑in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer brief, flexible exchanges or want to reflect in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments and let people choose what feels most manageable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- 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
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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