Directory entry
Gabriel (Gabor) Bene, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 6 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseAnger managementCompassion fatigue
Ready when you are
Gabriel sees clients through BetterHelp. Answer a few questions to ask about starting - free, and no commitment.
Get started with GabrielAffiliate link. We will earn a commission if you sign up, at no cost to you.
Gabriel (Gabor) Bene offers calm, steady support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or big life changes. He speaks plainly and listens closely to help people find practical steps that fit their daily life. Gabriel is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP, and brings six years of practice to his sessions.
He uses a blend of approaches to suit different needs rather than a single fixed method.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding patterns that cause pain and trying simple, concrete changes. Conversations stay direct and compassionate so people can make progress without feeling judged. Gabriel often helps people managing grief, depression, bipolar mood concerns, or addiction-related worries.
He also supports those coping with relationship strains, intimacy questions, parenting stress, sleep and eating problems, and career uncertainty. Practical coping skills and clearer communication are common aims in his work. Attachment-based ideas guide attention to how early relationships shape current feelings.
Cognitive behavioural steps are used to notice unhelpful thinking and test new behaviours. Emotion-focused work helps name and sit with emotions so they become easier to manage. Sessions are offered in English and Gabriel accepts international clients.
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Costs vary by location and are billed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that suits them.
Gabriel aims to make the first steps straightforward and supportive.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Gabriel offers therapy using attachment-informed, client-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas to suit different problems. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and helps people change long-standing patterns in close relationships. Client-centred work focuses on a respectful, non-judgemental conversation so clients can feel heard and decide what matters most. Cognitive behavioural approaches help identify unhelpful thinking, test new behaviours and build practical coping skills for anxiety, low mood or sleep problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Gabriel will discuss goals, try different ways of working and adjust methods based on what helps most. That collaborative process means the therapy plan can change as progress is made or needs shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or need ongoing brief support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and travel.
What concerns does Gabriel commonly help with?
What style of therapy can I expect in sessions?
How much experience does he have?
What are his credentials and where is he based?
Which languages are sessions offered in?
What session formats are available?
How are sessions priced?
How do I start working with Gabriel?
Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
Contacting Gabriel
Gabriel takes enquiries through BetterHelp. You answer a few questions about what you are looking for, then arrange sessions if it seems like a fit. Browsing costs nothing and you are not committing to anything by reading this page.
Contact GabrielWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Others working with stress, anxiety
-
Georgina McBurney 10 yrs -
Wongani Nyirenda 7 yrs -
Luke Thompson 4 yrs -
Stephen Buck 15 yrs