About Deborah
Deborah Gornall is a warm and friendly counsellor who aims to make the first steps into therapy easier. She listens without judgement and works with people to identify what matters to them. Deborah uses straightforward language and practical techniques so conversations feel clear and useful from the start.
She blends Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, choosing what fits each person. That means she offers a listening, person-led space alongside structured work to change unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small steps that build confidence and coping skills. Deborah has six years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and grief. She also supports people dealing with relationship concerns, addictions, eating difficulties, bipolar mood issues and life changes.
Additional focus areas include hoarding, jealousy, obsessions and compulsions, paranoia, personality disorder concerns, phobias, seasonal affective disorder, self-harm and sexual assault and abuse. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works according to their codes of ethics. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients internationally.
Deborah aims to match techniques to each person’s goals. In practice that means a mix of listening, practical exercises, thought-challenging and skills to manage difficult moments. The work is paced to each person's needs and reviewed as progress is made.
How Deborah's approaches work online
Deborah uses Client-Centred Therapy to create a listening, non-judgemental space where people can talk at their own pace. This approach helps when someone needs to make sense of strong feelings or wants support in finding their own solutions.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical exercises. CBT is useful for anxiety, phobias, low mood and repetitive worries because it teaches skills people can use between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Deborah works with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. The collaboration helps tailor sessions so they feel relevant and manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family and travel commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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