https://www.gavinthorpetherapy.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-07-16 https://www.gavinthorpetherapy.com/blog/blog-post-title-one-sf9pt monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://www.gavinthorpetherapy.com/blog/blog-post-title-two-ytl4t monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://www.gavinthorpetherapy.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-07-16 https://www.gavinthorpetherapy.com/about daily 0.75 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9110046cc235b44a8bd3f/1599231763177-02HN8THOH1QUTIVC7DUN/two-people-talking-watercolor.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9110046cc235b44a8bd3f/1600262354855-170RX6F0EKV5B07LRA13/shutterstock_604526942.jpg About - Training, qualifications & experience I have achieved a BACP-accredited Advanced Diploma in Person-Centred/Integrative Counselling, as well as a Compassionate Inquiry online short course with Gabor Maté, and a Cruse Bereavement Care Support Foundation Certificate. I'm also a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which means that I work within their Ethical Framework for Good Practice. I have lots of experience working with men, bereavement and suicide from volunteering at Cruse for two years as a bereavement counsellor. In addition to heading up the therapy service at the charity Talk Club, I also serve as one of the clinical supervisors who support the therapists. Here is a list of the areas of counselling I can work with: Abortion / Abuse / Addiction(s) / Affairs and betrayals / Anger Management / Anxiety / Bereavement / Bullying / Cancer / Carer support / Child-related issues / Depression /Disabilities / Dissociation / Domestic violence / Emotional abuse / Family issues / Feeling sad / Grief and loss / Learning difficulties / Loneliness / Low self-confidence / Low self-esteem / Miscarriage / Panic attacks / Phobias / Physical abuse / Pregnancy and birth / Redundancy / Relationship problems / Self-harm / Separation and divorce / Sexuality / Sexual abuse / Spirituality / Stress / Suicidal thoughts and ideation / Trauma / Work-related stress In addition to running a growing private practice in Bristol, I am also the co-founder and co-CEO of the men’s mental health charity Talk Club. Balens Ltd fully insures me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9110046cc235b44a8bd3f/1602510072176-SN9YNB3QSQJ3YTS8JO67/shutterstock_604526942.jpg https://www.gavinthorpetherapy.com/home daily 0.75 2020-06-05 https://www.gavinthorpetherapy.com/home-1 daily 1.0 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9110046cc235b44a8bd3f/3ccbeb5b-085d-4015-a604-39050b0e2603/IMG_9214.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed9110046cc235b44a8bd3f/53aeb70b-6564-4bef-a7f1-536856ace249/IMG_0262.jpeg Home https://www.gavinthorpetherapy.com/policies daily 0.75 2025-07-16