About me
Pay-what-you-can counselling for men of all kinds. Whatever being a man has meant to you, cost you, or never quite fit for you – this is a space to talk about it, and money shouldn't be what stops you.
I'm Gregg, an integrative counsellor. Much of my work sits where neurodiversity and early experience meet: men who've spent years with thoughts and feelings they struggle to understand or put into words – often because they learned young that certain feelings weren't safe to have. I also work with anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, anger, relationships, sex, and questions of identity.
How we'd work together
The foundation is always the same: a warm, honest partnership where you set the direction and nothing is off the table. Often, having somewhere safe and non-judgemental to say the thing out loud is the work.
If you'd prefer more structure, we can build it. I draw on five areas, in whatever combination is useful to you:
Emotional fluency — building a shared language for what you feel, and how to express it safely
Nervous system regulation — grounding, breathwork, and noticing what your body is doing before your thoughts catch up
Patterns and history — how past experience shapes present beliefs, triggers, and coping
Parts work — understanding internal conflict, the inner critic, and parts that may feel hidden, shameful or lost
Practical skills — CBT-informed tools for boundaries, overwhelm, and building more choice into how you respond
Where it helps, I'll explain the mechanism — the systems and unconscious drivers running quietly in the background. Knowing that it's not just you, it's a thing, changes how it feels to carry.
I draw on ideas from approaches like IFS (parts work), ACT and compassion-focused therapy within my integrative practice, rather than offering them as standalone specialist therapies. If you're looking for a specialist, ask – I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit.
About me
I spent twenty years in the corporate world before a redundancy at the start of the pandemic became the gateway to a calling I'd felt for most of my life. I trained as a counsellor while working in front-line care, supporting at-risk children and adults in the community, and students with additional needs and behaviour that challenges in schools. The work taught me realism and adaptability, and it's still the ground my practice stands on.
I hold a Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, and I continue to study the biology of stress, trauma and regulation, allowing us to work directly with the connections between thoughts, feelings and physical states.
Practical details
Sessions are 50 minutes, held online through Konfidens – a secure platform for video, messaging and booking, free for you to use. In-person sessions in Bristol and south Wales, and work by phone, text or email, can also be arranged. I work Monday to Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings.
Fees
Pay what you can, from free up to £45 a session. We agree the amount in a free intro session, and you can change it at any time – no questions, no means-testing.
We are all stronger than we think. Life will often try to convince us otherwise. With the right support, sometimes our challenges become our greatest opportunities for change.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, and years of experience supporting individuals and families at the sharp end of crisis. I am an integrative counsellor, which is a lot like a chef who loves to eat at other people's restaurants, and delights in creating a "fusion menu" of tailored dishes based wholly on client needs.
While I draw from a range of disciplines and techniques, the person-centred foundation of warmth, honesty, understanding, and client autonomy never changes. In sessions, we go where you lead, and often just having a space to talk about whatever you'd like is enough.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I also work with gender and social identity, and life stages/transitions (becoming a parent, coming out, marriage, divorce, etc...)
Therapies offered
Fees
Up to £45.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Pay what you can, from free up to £45 a session. We agree the amount in a free intro session, and you can change it at any time – no questions, no means-testing.
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