Gareth Harris
Experienced psychodynamic counsellor for emotional recovery
About Gareth
Gareth Harris helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and major life changes. He writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most. Gareth aims to make the first steps easier for someone who feels overwhelmed or unsure where to start.
He trained with a Master of Science in psychodynamic psychotherapy from the University of Essex. He also completed shorter courses on children's well-being and autism.
Background and approach
Gareth uses that background to notice patterns in how people feel and relate to others. Sessions are organised around giving people a calm, non-judgemental space to talk. Gareth may ask questions to help clarify how experiences connect to current feelings.
He focuses on helping people find understanding and practical ways to cope between sessions. Gareth volunteers with the Road Victims Trust, offering counselling to people dealing with grief, trauma and linked issues. That work informs his approach and helps him respond to complex emotional situations.
He works with a wide range of concerns including abandonment, eating and food-related issues, communication problems, dissociation, domestic violence, and first responder issues. Gareth aims to support people as they explore what has happened and decide on manageable next steps. Sessions are conversational and paced to each person.
Gareth encourages people to set goals for therapy and reviews progress together so the work stays relevant to everyday life.
What Gareth works with
Sessions & fees
Approaches that guide online sessions
Gareth draws on psychodynamic psychotherapy to help people notice patterns in feelings and relationships. This approach looks at how past experiences shape current reactions and helps make those links clearer so different choices become possible.He also brings knowledge from shorter courses on children's well-being and autism, which can shape how he listens and asks questions. This helps when someone needs a paced, gentle approach or clearer explanations of how experiences affect emotions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Gareth works with each person to identify goals and adjusts methods as therapy progresses. He explains options, invites feedback, and reviews what is or isn't helping so the work fits the person's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls suit deeper conversations with visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, shorter reflections between sessions, or for people who prefer writing to speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel or caring responsibilities, and to keep regular contact without long commutes.
| 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
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
