About Gary
Gary Mewes is a counsellor who uses a client-centred approach to help people make sense of stressful and anxious times. He works with adults on relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction-related challenges, and mood difficulties such as depression. Gary is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
He aims to create an open space where clients can talk without fear of being judged. Sessions focus on listening first, and then exploring practical steps that feel manageable.
Background and approach
Gary draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques when helpful to challenge unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of coping. Relationship work uses structured tools to improve communication and rebuild connection. That can be useful when couples face trust issues, infidelity, or ongoing conflict about commitment and roles.
He also brings understanding to problems around intimacy, attachment and feelings of emptiness. For people dealing with addictions, Gary offers a supportive, non-shaming stance while helping to identify triggers and develop clearer routines. He pays attention to caregiving stress and fatherhood concerns, and helps people who feel isolated or overwhelmed by guilt and shame.
Sessions are offered in English and take place with the organisation's online formats. Gary combines listening with practical exercises clients can use between sessions. He encourages small, steady changes and checks progress regularly to keep work grounded and relevant.
How Gary blends approaches for online support
Gary uses a client-centred way of working that puts the person’s concerns first and values their experience. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting and helping clients find their own solutions, which can be especially useful for anxiety and emotional distress. He also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, to help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical coping strategies. CBT is often used for anxiety, stress and low mood because it offers clear steps to change reactions and behaviour. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. Plans are reviewed together so the approach can be adjusted as progress is made. Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use body language and tone, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suits quick check-ins or those who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit counselling into busy schedules and maintain continuity when life is hectic.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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