Gavin Murphy
Integrative Counsellor
Gavin has a broad range of clinical experience and has worked in various contexts including many years teaching young people with special educational needs and emotional/behavioural difficulties. He has extensive experience as a counsellor, clinical hynotherapist and tutor/lecturer, specialising in crisis counselling, suicide prevention, substance misuse, and improving memory and performance. He holds an MSc in Psychology, a Diploma of Higher Education in Counselling and is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and Senior Registered Member / Advanced Practitioner with the General Hypnotherapy Register.
"I offer a flexible solution-focused approach drawing from a range of psychological, philosophical and neuroscientific models, tailored specifically to your needs. I also incorporate a simple educational approach into my work, around what is happening in the brain and nervous system, when painful experiences from the past are triggered by events in the present. I feel that an awareness of what is happening in the mind, body and emotions is productive in helping someone move beyond persistent, negative patterns to a more fulfilling life."
Who I work with: individuals, children and young people, adults and older people
How I work: face to face
Therapy offered: Integrative Psychotherapy, CBT, Psychodynamic, Solution Focussed, Humanistic Therapy, Mindfulness, NLP, EFT and Time Line Therapy, and Advanced Practitioner Hypnotherapy. Short and long term work
Frequency of sessions: Weekly attendance expected
Specialisms: anxiety & depression, trauma, phobias, panic disorders, pain management, sports psychology, memory coaching
Free consultation: 20 minutes via zoom or telephone
Fee per 50 minute session: £60
Cancellation fees: cancellations less than 48hrs before appointments charged £20, same day cancellations or no shows charged full session rate
Concessions available: Sliding scale for students
Payments accepted: cash or bank transfer. Bank transfer to be completed 24 hrs before session or block advance payments
Available: Fridays 10-5pm and Saturdays 10-1pm
Information provided in the contact form will only be used to make direct contact with you to discuss and arrange access to the service. Should you arrange an appointment, your name, email address and telephone number will be entered into a secure account at 10to8.com, an electronic booking system used to manage appointments. This information will be deleted once your case is closed. I will never pass your name, telephone number or email address to others without your explicit request or consent.
This service complies with EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2018 which came into law on 25 May 2018. You have the right to see what information is held about you, and to request that this information be amended or deleted. This includes contact details, any correspondence we may have exchanged, and therapy case notes. I will act according to your request unless I am legally and ethically obliged to retain this information. During therapy, anonymised information about your case will be shared with a professional supervisor, as outlined in your counselling contract. Information may be shared to protect you or others, or in the case of criminal activity, also outlined in your counselling contract. I will only ever use your email and telephone number to contact you in relation to accessing this service. All electronic devices are password protected and paper files are kept under lock and key when not in use.