About Guy
Guy Ridgway is a counsellor who uses practical, evidence-based techniques to help people manage stress and anxiety. He keeps sessions straightforward and focused so clients can work towards clear, achievable goals. Guy speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what matters to each person.
He primarily uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, paired with humanistic approaches such as Person-Centred Therapy, Transactional Analysis, and Gestalt ideas. That blend allows for practical problem solving alongside deeper reflection about relationships and self.
Background and approach
Sessions often include looking at thinking patterns, trying new ways of responding, and practising small changes between meetings. Guy has five years of professional counselling experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He also holds a TQUK Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Autism, which informs his work with neurodivergent people.
He draws on his own lived experience of autism, ADHD, and dyslexia to relate to clients who think differently. He helps with a wide range of concerns including sleeping difficulties, low self-esteem, mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, and issues linked to chronic illness. He also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, communication problems, and loneliness.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged internationally. Guy aims to create a warm, non-judgemental space where practical steps meet honest conversation.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Guy mainly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy which focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behaviour changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress and sleep problems because it gives practical steps to try between sessions.He also brings in person-centred and humanistic ideas, which centre the conversation on your experience and choices. These approaches help when people want a supportive space to talk through identity, attachment or life-direction questions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Guy treats the choice of method as collaborative and adjusts it based on your needs, goals and what feels most helpful. Together you will try strategies and review what is working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or suit lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and messaging let you work in shorter bursts or keep a running dialogue between appointments. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, travel or busy family life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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