Guy Ridgway, BACP

Guy Ridgway uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as the starting point for counselling. He combines practical problem-solving with listening and reflection. Guy aims to help people make sense of what is troubling them and to find clearer ways forward.

He integrates humanistic approaches such as Person-Centred Therapy, Transactional Analysis, and Gestalt work. This mix means sessions can be both solution-focused and exploratory. Conversations might include noticing thoughts and behaviours, learning new ways to respond, and trying different perspectives.

Guy has five years of professional counselling experience in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated as BACP. He also holds a TQUK Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Autism.

He speaks from lived experience as someone who is autistic and who has ADHD and dyslexia. That background shapes how he understands sensory differences, communication styles, and everyday challenges for people who think differently.

Typical concerns he works with include stress, anxiety, sleep problems, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and depression. He also focuses on matters such as attachment and abandonment, body image, chronic illness and pain, communication difficulties, control issues, and loneliness.

If someone is unsure where to begin, Guy offers a straightforward, respectful way of talking things through and building a plan together. He encourages practical steps alongside deeper reflection, tailored to each person’s aims.

How his approaches translate to online work

CBT focuses on noticing unhelpful thought patterns and testing small changes in behaviour. Online sessions using CBT often work through practical exercises, short homework tasks and step-by-step plans that a person can try between meetings.

Person-Centred Therapy emphasises listening and building a trusting conversation. Gestalt and Transactional Analysis add ways of noticing emotional reactions and the patterns in relationships, which can be discussed and practised in session to increase self-awareness.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. That decision is revisited as progress is made so the plan can change if needed.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. Online work can make it simpler to keep regular appointments and to try techniques between sessions. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking to ensure the chosen way of meeting fits your needs.