Gabriel (Gabor) Bene, BACP
6 years in practice
Gabriel (Gabor) Bene offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression or major life changes.
License and registration
- BACP
- 395410 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
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About Gabriel
Gabriel (Gabor) Bene offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression or major life changes. He talks things through in a way that aims to make sense of what’s happening now, and to help people find practical ways to cope. Gabriel presents himself as a compassionate counsellor who listens without judgement and treats each person as an individual.
He uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and work with their feelings in the moment.
Background and approach
He also draws on attachment-based ideas to map patterns born from early relationships, and on client-centred methods to keep the work focused on each person’s priorities. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when helpful to address thoughts and behaviours that maintain distress. Gabriel holds the BACP credential from the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists and has six years of practice experience.
He describes his style as warm and down-to-earth, aiming to create a steady therapeutic space where people can try out new ways of coping. His areas of focus include anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, addictions, grief and intimacy-related issues.
He also works with concerns such as parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, career uncertainty and neurodiverse experiences like autism and ADHD. Sessions are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally in English, using video, phone, live chat or text messaging.
The service runs on a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and sessions are arranged after a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gabriel lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gabriel names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on what a person feels in the moment and how those feelings shape relationships and personal choices. Online sessions can help people notice and work with emotions safely while speaking or messaging about the moment-to-moment experience. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current responses and helps people spot repeating cycles that keep them stuck; it suits concerns such as abandonment, intimacy issues and attachment difficulties. Client-Centred Therapy places the person's own priorities at the centre of each session, with the counsellor offering empathic listening and gentle reflection to help clients find their own answers.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The counsellor will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That might mean focusing more on emotion work in one block of sessions, then using CBT techniques for practical change, or keeping a client-centred stance while trying different tools together.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversational work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, reflective notes and ongoing contact between live appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel while keeping the focus on people’s goals.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions and a wide range of relationship and life concerns.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
The approach is warm and person-centred, with clear practical techniques from CBT and emotion-focused work to help manage feelings and behaviour.
What is his professional background?
He has six years of experience working as an integrated counsellor and emphasises empathetic, straightforward support.
Which credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom.
Can people who live outside the UK work with him?
Yes, he accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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