About Brendan
Brendan Grufferty offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or big life changes. He helps with mood problems, relationship and family tensions, addiction concerns, sleeping difficulties and issues such as low self-esteem or struggles with identity. Brendan is based in the United Kingdom and works in English.
He has 12 years of practice and holds BACP accreditation, which is recorded as BACP. Brendan’s work begins with building a reliable, respectful relationship.
How Brendan works
He starts from a client-centred place and listens carefully to what matters most to each person. This helps people feel heard and decide together what to focus on in the work. He also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
That can be useful for people who notice repeating relationship problems, feelings of abandonment, or difficulties with trust and emotional closeness. Cognitive behavioural techniques are brought in when practical change is needed. Brendan uses simple steps to test unhelpful thoughts and develop coping strategies for anxiety, sleep problems, low mood and impulsive behaviours.
Mindfulness and emotion-focused elements are used to help people stay present with feelings and communicate more clearly. Over repeated sessions the aim is to build small, sustainable changes that suit each person’s daily life. Brendan has worked in school settings and with NHS-contracted services.
That experience informs his straightforward, flexible style and his focus on practical tools alongside listening.
Brendan lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Brendan works with
The areas below are the ones Brendan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Brendan's approaches translate to online therapy
Brendan uses a client-centred foundation that focuses on listening and building trust, which helps people feel understood whether they meet by video or phone. Attachment-based ideas are used to notice how early relationship patterns show up now, and these can be discussed and reflected on in remote sessions. Cognitive behavioural techniques are practical and easily adapted to online work, with activities such as thought records, behavioural experiments and sleep strategies that people can try between meetings.Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the therapy process. Brendan works collaboratively to choose methods that fit the person’s goals and day-to-day life, and he adjusts the plan as needs change over time. Clients and therapist check in together about what is most helpful and alter the focus if needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different days and routines. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days, live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments and other responsibilities.
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