Bethany Gribbon, BACP

Bethany Gribbon is a non-binary, client-centered counsellor and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). As a BACP member Bethany follows the association's Ethical Framework, takes part in regular supervision, and pursues continued professional development to maintain and refine therapeutic skills.

Working from the core values of client-centered therapy, Bethany places the person receiving support at the centre of the therapeutic process and adapts methods to suit each individual's needs. Their approach balances empathetic, non-judgemental listening with gentle exploration of thoughts and feelings, and when appropriate may include examining alternative ways of thinking, tentative hypotheses, and careful challenges to unhelpful outlooks to promote self-reflection and autonomy.

Over six years of practice, Bethany has worked with a wide range of people across ages from teenagers through post-retirement and with diverse cultural, gender, and sexual identities. Areas of experience include stress, anxiety and panic, depression and bipolar spectrum concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, family problems, eating and anger issues, ADHD, compassion fatigue, career-related matters, and support around life transitions. Additional focus areas include working with BDSM, kink and alternative sex culture, caregiver stress, commitment and communication difficulties, domestic violence, gender dysphoria, polyamory and non-monogamous relationship dynamics, pregnancy and childbirth transitions, and hospice and end-of-life concerns.

Bethany aims to create a respectful, collaborative environment that encourages clients to explore beliefs, emotions and behaviour patterns in pursuit of greater self-awareness and clearer personal direction. They tailor the pace and methods of sessions to each person and will signpost to other services when that appears to be in a client's best interest.