Gayle Johnston, BACP

Gayle Johnston is a counsellor who uses a humanistic, client-centred approach. She holds BACP registration and works from a stance of listening first. Gayle offers a calm space to talk when life feels heavy or confusing.

Many people come with clear concerns like stress or anxiety. Others arrive feeling stuck after loss, trauma, or big life changes. Gayle helps people name what feels difficult and talks through practical ways to cope day to day.

Sessions focus on what matters to the person in front of her. Gayle pays attention to emotions, relationships, and how past experiences shape the present. She uses straightforward conversation and reflective listening to help clients notice patterns and make different choices.

Her background includes three years working in the UK counselling sector and BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. This experience includes helping people manage grief, self-esteem struggles, attachment concerns and issues that come with ageing or family roles.

People often come wanting help with relationship communication, commitment worries, body image, or feelings of emptiness and abandonment. Gayle also supports those facing separation, blended family tensions, or the practical strain of fatherhood issues.

She invites anyone unsure where to start to begin with a short matching questionnaire and a first appointment. That initial step is used to decide how to move forward at a comfortable pace.

Client-centred ways to work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the client's experience. The counsellor listens without judgement and reflects back what the client says. This approach helps people who are facing stress, grief, low self-esteem or big life changes to feel understood and to make sense of their choices.

Gayle’s humanistic outlook means the work is collaborative. She will talk with each person about what feels most helpful and adjust the way they work together. Finding the best approach is part of the process, with decisions based on the person's goals, preferences and what feels manageable.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people choose sessions that match their energy on the day, such as a focused conversation or a more reflective meeting, and can help keep continuity during busy or transitional periods.