About Gayle
Gayle Johnston is a counsellor who uses a humanistic, client-centred approach to help people manage stress, anxiety and life changes. She works in straightforward language and offers a calm space to talk. Gayle is BACP registered, and she draws on three years of experience supporting people through grief, trauma and self-esteem struggles.
Sessions begin with what matters most to the client. Gayle listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace.
Background and approach
Conversations are used to make sense of difficult feelings and to find practical ways forward for daily life. She commonly helps people dealing with relationship strains, family of origin issues, feelings of emptiness, and problems with communication or commitment. Gayle also supports those working through abandonment, separation or fatherhood concerns, and people facing ageing or body image worries.
Her method focuses on building understanding and personal insight. Over time this can make it easier to choose different responses to stress or to handle upsetting memories. Gayle keeps sessions simple and grounded, aiming for clarity rather than jargon.
Gayle offers a mix of session formats to suit different needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. To start, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows the therapist’s availability.
Client-centred support delivered online
Client-centred Therapy is the main approach Gayle uses. It centres on listening closely to the person and reflecting back what is heard. This helps people feel understood, uncover what matters most, and make decisions about how they want to move forward. It is often helpful for anxiety, stress, low self-esteem and coping with life changes.Her humanistic outlook prioritises the individual's experience and personal growth. Conversations are led by the client's concerns rather than a fixed agenda. That means Gayle will work with each person to decide what feels most useful, and revisit the approach as goals and needs change.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and feel less intense for some people. Live chat or text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, daily support between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. Together these options offer flexibility so therapy can suit different routines and comfort levels.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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