Online Counsellor Coach

I offer sessions via Zoom, FaceTime or WhatsApp, allowing you to schedule sessions with me regardless of your location around the globe.

I am the Counsellor/Coach. Originally from London, I trained as a therapeutic counsellor in Ireland. Whilst I lived and practised in Ireland, I was an accredited member of the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, IACP, which is the Irish equivalent of a BACP-accredited counsellor.

Now living back in the UK, for the past 20 years, I have extensive experience as a Counsellor, Life Coach, and teacher of Autogenic Training. Using the latest, cutting-edge techniques, I specialise in enabling my clients to make powerful changes – fast! I am also the author of RIPP-How to Stop Destroying Your Life with Anger and Unhappiness.

I am a Life and Business Coach accredited by the Life and Business Coaching Association of Ireland (LBCAI).

As a strong believer in human potential, I have an innate desire to help people to 'live the life they deserve'. I help people tap into their inner resources and build their 'action muscles' by taking small daily steps to achieve more of what they want in life.

As a trainer in Autogenic Relaxation, I can help you enter optimal states when energy levels are low, thereby supporting health by managing stress and enabling peak performance.

Over the past 25 years, Rapid Behavioural Reconditioning (RBR) has evolved into a new and remarkably effective form of therapy, grounded in the latest scientific research on the brain. RBR is founded upon empirical studies and brain imaging that show how the brain actually works. Now that we can see the brain at work, we no longer need to hold on to the antiquated and unsubstantiated models that have dominated psychotherapy and counselling for so many years.

RBR is principally about the states of mind and of being that we unconsciously create. We create these states for a purpose, and everything we do has meaning. RBR enables us to examine the resources available to the state and to ask what its purpose is. These resources are mental, emotional and physical. RBR examines each of these resources closely and how they impact one another.

State creation becomes a habit, and we can become stuck in habitual states such as unhappiness, depression, irritability, or anger. Unconsciously, each state seeks a specific purpose. Neural circuits are created and hard-wired together, and they contain the thoughts, feelings and physiology of that particular state.

These neural circuits become activated periodically, running in our minds. Through use, they become conditioned and strengthened, eventually becoming habitual and automatic. The purpose of the state remains unconscious whilst the circuits are being run, leaving us feeling powerless and confused as a result.

RBR helps us understand the purpose of these unconsciously created states by bringing them into our conscious awareness. By bringing previously unconscious intentions into consciousness, RBR rapidly reconditions the behaviour so that it is finally heard and understood, therefore implemented or stopped altogether.

RBR is about immediacy. It is phenomenological, focusing on the unique person presenting now, and reveals the very truth at the core of their therapy. The unique, individual truth. When the client hears this truth, they know it to be true. RBR explains and sheds light on what's really been going on in their minds. Clients see and recognise their truth instead of being told what to believe; they become more aware of the workings of their minds and can see and recognise it for themselves, and therefore can consciously choose new and empowering ways of being in the world. RBR is not about clever methods or techniques; instead, it is simply grounded in the truth, the truth that sets us free.

RBR is fast, easy and permanent. During an RBR session, it’s not necessary to repeatedly revisit the past, digging up and re-examining painful events. It is virtually content-free and therefore, not a lengthy, drawn-out process. In just six sessions, remarkable progress can be made. It may be hard to believe, and you may be sceptical, but read the testimonials and hear what my clients have to say.

This is one example of many testimonials. (Gearárd, known as Gary to his Clients)

"I can only describe the two online sessions I had with Gary as astonishing. I had looked at the testimonials page and found it hard to believe that he was able to help people resolve their difficulties so quickly. I was sceptical but thought I would give it a go. I am very glad I did. Gary’s method and approach gave me a level of clarity about my situation that in such a short time that it seems slightly ridiculous that I had struggled for so long. He has a non-judgmental but very direct and clear approach. The RIPP model was incredibly helpful and should be more widely used. I waited a while to write this testimonial as I wondered whether the insight, I gained would sustain the positive change I was looking for. Months later it definitely has. I have since recommended Gary to others and hope they have contacted him. Many Thanks, Gary"
Anonymous May 2022