Gary Barrell, NCPS

Gary Barrell is a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor and hypnotherapist practising in the United Kingdom with six years of professional experience. He holds a degree in Psychology and Communications and carries the NCPS credential, a professional psychotherapy qualification that reflects formal training in therapeutic practice. Gary works with a broad range of concerns including stress and anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, self-esteem and confidence, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting and family issues, eating and sleeping problems, and challenges around intimacy and career changes.

He adopts an integrative style, drawing on approaches such as REBT, cognitive behavioral therapy, existential and psychodynamic models alongside hypnotherapy to tailor sessions to each person's needs. Gary aims to create a warm, non-judgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored openly, helping people make sense of patterns that may be holding them back and identify practical steps toward change. He also brings additional focus to areas such as autism and Asperger syndrome, obsessions and compulsions, panic and phobias, and difficulties stemming from divorce, isolation, or prejudice.

Gary emphasises the belief that most people have inner resources for growth and recovery and uses collaborative work to help remove obstacles to a more fulfilling life. He frames therapy as a process that requires courage and offers steady support throughout that journey.