About Gerard
Gerard Quinn helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss, trauma, relationship strain, or struggles with identity and intimacy. He supports those coping with depression, addiction, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Gerard also works with people facing ADHD, bipolar challenges, career doubts, caregiving strain and compassion fatigue.
Gerard uses a person-centred style. He listens first and asks simple questions to understand what matters to each person.
How Gerard works
Sessions focus on what the client wants to change, and on small, practical steps that can feel doable between meetings. He draws on four years of experience and holds BACP registration. BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which is a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.
Gerard frames his work around respect, acceptance and helping people find their own strengths. Clients can expect a calm, straightforward approach. Conversations are guided by the client’s pace and priorities rather than a fixed checklist.
Gerard aims to help people build confidence, clearer direction and better coping skills over time. He is comfortable supporting people through a wide range of concerns, including grief, trauma, sexual diversity and complex life transitions. Gerard sees therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s goals shape each session.
To begin, he encourages people to think about what they want to feel or do differently and to bring that into the first session. Gerard’s style suits people who want a respectful, warm listener and practical support for day-to-day change.
Gerard lists one way of working on the entry:
What Gerard works with
The areas below are the ones Gerard selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's 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
Person-centred support for online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist provides a non-judgemental space where the client leads the conversation and identifies what matters most, which helps with anxiety, low mood, trauma recovery and identity concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gerard will collaborate with each person to decide what fits best based on their goals, preferences and day-to-day needs. He checks in regularly and adjusts the way sessions are run to match progress and comfort.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people read facial cues and build rapport similar to face-to-face work. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can suit shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for ongoing reflections, quick updates or when typing feels more comfortable. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and practical circumstances.
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