About Gavin
Gavin Armstrong uses a person-focused approach to help people face difficult feelings. He combines talking and practical exercises to reduce stress and anxiety. Gavin keeps language simple and aims to make sessions feel direct and useful.
He often works with people dealing with loss and grief, low self-esteem, depression, addictions and relationship or family problems. Gavin also helps with issues linked to identity, including LGBT-related concerns, and with challenges such as anger, parenting strain and coping with life changes.
How Gavin works
He draws on several ways of working to match what each person needs. Gavin trained and practises using approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centred and existential ideas. That mix lets him offer both short-term tools and space to look at deeper patterns.
He explains options plainly and agrees a plan with each person. He has four years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Gavin holds sessions in English and sees people in the United Kingdom.
Gavin asks clients to take things at their own pace. He focuses on clear goals and practical steps you can use between sessions. If someone prefers, he can use shorter check-ins or more structured work depending on what helps most.
Gavin lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Gavin works with
The areas below are the ones Gavin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online therapy options
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choosing actions that match your values. It can help with anxiety, stress and coping with life changes by building small, practical steps toward what matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression and low self-esteem and offers clear exercises to practise between sessions.
Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work and aims to create an understanding space for reflection. It helps people who want supportive, non-judgemental conversation alongside more active methods.
Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Gavin will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and decide together which approaches to use. He adapts the plan as therapy progresses so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for a deeper conversation, phone calls suit lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult, live chat can be faster for brief check-ins and messaging lets you send shorter updates or reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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