Gavin Armstrong, BACP
4 years in practice
Gavin Armstrong is a counsellor who draws on emotionally-focused approaches to help people process strong feelings.
License and registration
- BACP
- 388783 · expires December 2026
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Gavin
Gavin Armstrong is a counsellor who draws on emotionally-focused approaches to help people process strong feelings. He works in a direct, respectful way and aims to make sessions calm and focused. He uses a mix of methods to match what each person needs.
Gavin has four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation. He has helped people cope with stress, anxiety and low mood. He also supports those facing grief, motivation and self-esteem struggles, and people dealing with substance-related issues.
Background and approach
His work covers relationship and family concerns as individual issues, including attachment and communication problems. Gavin also addresses anger, coping with life changes, abandonment worries and body image concerns. He offers practical steps alongside talking so people can see small changes between sessions.
Gavin combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and elements of cognitive and client-centred practice. Sessions aim to identify what matters to the person and to build new ways of responding to difficult emotions. He keeps plans flexible and adjusts tools to suit personal goals.
People who choose him can expect a compassionate, non-judgemental space. He explains approaches plainly and helps set achievable next steps. The initial steps are simple and designed to make starting less daunting.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gavin lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
Approaches Gavin names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Gavin works online with emotion-focused and ACT approaches
Gavin uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people recognise and sit with strong feelings, then find new ways to respond to them. EFT is useful when emotions keep replaying or when people feel stuck in patterns that cause distress.He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match personal values. ACT can help when someone wants clearer purpose or better ways to handle persistent worry or low mood.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Gavin talks with each person about goals and preferences and mixes methods to suit the situation. He checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a quick break. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options help people fit therapy around work, family or travel commitments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this counsellor address?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and self-esteem issues. The list also includes addictions, relationship and many life-change challenges.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He blends emotionally-focused work with ACT and client-centred ways of working. The style is collaborative and aims to help people understand and work with their emotions.
How much experience does he have?
He has four years of professional practice in the United Kingdom. That experience has covered a range of emotional and relationship difficulties.
What credentials and region are listed?
He is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. He is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options allow people to choose whichever format fits their routine.
How are sessions priced?
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