Gary Main, BACP

Gary Main is a BACP counsellor with 25 years of professional practice. He has worked across charities and the NHS, and brings steady experience to people facing stressful life events.

He aims to create a warm, friendly and non-judgemental space. Sessions are straightforward and focused on the issues you bring. He listens, reflects and helps people find practical ways forward.

Gary helps with stress, anxiety and depression, and with grief after bereavement and loss. He also supports people through relationship breakdown, separation and other life transitions. Work often focuses on improving communication, handling control issues, and easing feelings of guilt or isolation.

Many people come to him for help with panic attacks, social anxiety, sexuality questions, or uncertainty about life purpose and self-worth. He also pays attention to the strain caregivers can experience and the practical pressures they carry.

His approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centred listening, and emotionally-focused work to address feelings and patterns. Sessions are aimed at understanding what matters to you and finding ways to move forward. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and arranging sessions that fit your schedule.

How his approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to focus on actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life transitions. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being heard and understood; the counsellor offers empathic listening so people can explore feelings at their own pace. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people change unhelpful emotional responses to improve connection.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest ways of working that fit. That collaborative process makes it easier to try a method and adapt it if needed.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video suits longer, face-to-face conversations. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text are useful for shorter updates, reflective notes or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel.