Guy Ridgway
Supportive counsellor using CBT and humanistic approaches
About Guy
Guy Ridgway is a counsellor who combines practical, evidence-based techniques with a human-centred attitude. He uses straightforward conversations to help people manage stress, anxiety, sleep problems, low self-esteem, mood concerns such as bipolar and depression, and other life challenges. Guy is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
He draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours to produce clearer results.
Background and approach
He also integrates humanistic approaches such as Person-Centred Therapy, Transactional Analysis, and Gestalt ideas to keep sessions respectful and collaborative. Sessions are aimed at finding concrete steps you can try between meetings. Guy has five years of counselling experience in the United Kingdom and holds a TQUK Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Autism.
He describes himself as neurodivergent and brings personal lived experience of autism, ADHD and dyslexia to his practice. This background informs how he hears and responds to different ways of thinking. He has worked with people facing addiction recovery, trauma and abuse, and long-term mental health struggles.
He also supports those dealing with isolation, relationship breakdowns, control issues, body image and challenges linked to chronic illness and pain. Guy aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through what matters most to them. If someone is unsure where to start, he helps them set simple goals and explores small, manageable changes.
Sessions are collaborative, practical and paced to suit the individual.
What Guy works with
Sessions & fees
Practical approaches for online counselling
Guy uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, offering clear techniques you can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and lift low mood. He also draws on Person-Centred ideas to make sessions collaborative and respectful, creating space for you to set the pace and topics that matter.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Guy will discuss options with you and together you will decide what fits your needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps shape how sessions are run and which strategies are prioritised.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how you meet. Video calls let you use face-to-face interaction when helpful, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text-based messaging can fit busy days or ongoing reflection. These formats make it easier to attend sessions around work, study or caring commitments and to keep momentum between meetings.
| 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
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
