Gayle Johnston
Humanistic counsellor offering calm, client-led support
About Gayle
Gayle Johnston draws on a humanistic, client-centred approach to create a calm, empathetic space for people to talk through difficult feelings. She is BACP, which indicates registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Gayle keeps sessions focused on the person in front of her and adapts pace to what feels manageable for each client.
She works with stress and anxiety and helps people cope with life changes. Trauma, abuse and grief are also areas she supports, along with self-esteem and feelings of emptiness.
Background and approach
Many people come with concerns linked to attachment, abandonment, body image or communication problems and she offers time to look at those issues. Gayle has worked as a counsellor for three years. During that time she has helped people reflect on family of origin issues, blended family dynamics and fatherhood concerns.
She also attends to relationship challenges such as commitment, control and dependent personality traits without assuming quick fixes. Practical conversations are part of sessions, as is space to feel and make sense of experience. Counselling sessions can include shorter check-ins or deeper, longer work depending on what someone needs.
The aim is to build understanding and steady forward movement. Based in the United Kingdom, Gayle offers sessions in English by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. People begin by completing a short matching questionnaire so sessions can be scheduled to fit their circumstances.
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Sessions & fees
Client-centred counselling delivered online
Client-centred Therapy focuses on creating a warm, non-judgemental space where the counsellor listens closely and follows the client's lead. It is useful for people dealing with anxiety, grief, self-esteem difficulties and life transitions because it helps them feel heard and understood.In practice, this approach means sessions concentrate on the person's experience and priorities rather than a fixed treatment plan. The counsellor offers empathy and reflection to help someone make sense of feelings and choices. Together they can decide whether to explore painful memories, practical coping strategies or changes in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Gayle will work collaboratively to match methods to a person's needs, goals and preferences and will adjust the pace and focus as the relationship develops.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit around work, and live chat or messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These formats make counselling more flexible and accessible for people with busy lives or mobility constraints.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
