Gayle Shingler, NCPS

Gayle Shingler works with people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low in confidence, or who have been through trauma and abuse. She supports those coping with addiction, relationship strain, grief, parenting pressures and life changes. Gayle is based in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. She holds the NCPS credential and has three years of professional experience.

Gayle uses a person-centred way of working. That means conversations begin with what matters most to the individual. She adapts her approach and brings in other therapeutic techniques when they seem helpful for a particular issue or goal.

Sessions focus on building trust, increasing motivation and improving self-esteem. Gayle aims to help people find practical steps they can try between meetings. She is comfortable supporting teenagers and young adults and has experience responding to domestic abuse concerns.

Clients can expect a respectful and sensitive tone in sessions. Gayle says she tailors the dialogue and any plan to each person’s needs. The work can include talking through relationships, parenting challenges, career worries, or coping strategies for mood and anxiety.

Her practice also covers a range of related difficulties such as attachment and abandonment issues, ADHD, dissociation, blended family concerns, and substance problems. People looking to understand options and take a first step are invited to begin with a short matching questionnaire to set up an initial session.

Gayle’s background combines focused listening with practical problem solving. She aims to help people move toward clearer goals, steadier mood, and better day-to-day functioning through collaborative sessions.

How Gayle's approaches work with online therapy

Gayle primarily practises a person-centred approach, which focuses on listening carefully to what matters most to the person and shaping sessions around their priorities. This way of working helps with anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship worries and navigating life changes because the conversation follows the client’s lead.

She also uses other evidence-based therapeutic techniques when they fit the situation. These can include practical strategies for managing stress and mood, and focused work to address trauma responses or addictive behaviour. Those methods aim to give straightforward tools and exercises people can try between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Gayle works collaboratively to identify what methods match a client’s needs, goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques to prioritise.

The therapist’s biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by saving travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a work break, or avoiding the need to be on camera when that helps someone engage. Registered or accredited professionals can offer the same structured, goal-focused work remotely as in-person counselling when the format suits the person’s circumstances.