Gail Rickaby
Practical, compassionate support for life challenges
About Gail
Gail Rickaby helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and the effects of trauma or abuse. She also supports work on self-esteem, motivation and confidence. Her approach is down-to-earth and aimed at making small, manageable changes that add up over time.
Gail uses methods drawn from attachment-based, client-centred, solution-focused and trauma-focused work. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented when needed, or more reflective depending on what someone prefers.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how past experiences shape current relationships and coping patterns. In sessions Gail helps people identify clear steps to reduce overwhelm. That can mean building coping skills for panic and anxiety, talking through grief, or addressing addictive patterns.
She aims to make complex issues feel more understandable and change feel achievable. Gail has eight years of professional experience and is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She practises from within the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.
People work with Gail when they want practical strategies alongside space to reflect. Typical topics include communication problems, control issues, shame and guilt, infidelity, loneliness and life direction. She also supports those facing prejudice, multicultural concerns and recovery after sexual assault.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability. Therapy uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, and sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
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Sessions & fees
How Gail’s approaches work in online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Gail uses this to help people understand trust, closeness and recurring relationship problems, and to build healthier ways of connecting with others.Client-centred work focuses on listening and helping people find their own answers. Sessions are guided by what the person wants to talk about and paced to suit their comfort and goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gail will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences, and then suggest methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and can change over time as progress is made.
Online formats give practical flexibility. Video calls allow a face-to-face feel for deeper conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while still working with registered or accredited professionals.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
