Guy Illingworth, BACP

Guy Illingworth is a psychotherapist working from a person-centred and Jungian background. He holds BACP accreditation and has four years of clinical experience helping people facing issues like trauma, anxiety, depression and stress.

He trained initially as a person-centred counsellor and later studied Jungian psychology and psychodynamic ideas. That mix lets him balance an empathetic, non-judgemental stance with a degree of structure when needed. Sessions aim to give clients space to be heard while steering toward practical steps that suit each person.

In sessions he focuses on building a genuine therapeutic relationship. He listens for the personal meaning behind feelings and behaviour. The work can include talking through difficult memories, practical coping for stress, or short-term goal work around specific problems.

Guy can support people with a broad range of concerns including grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, addiction and career questions. He also notes additional focus areas such as attachment issues, body image, cancer-related adjustment and matters connected to kink and alternative sex culture.

His approach is collaborative and adaptable. He avoids a one-size-fits-all plan and instead shapes sessions around what the client finds helpful. To begin, people follow the site’s matching and booking steps and then arrange sessions at times that suit them.

How Guy’s approaches can shape online therapy

Guy works from a person-centred base and draws on Jungian psychology and solution-focused ideas. Person-centred work means the therapist listens closely and helps people find their own answers, which suits concerns such as anxiety, grief and relationship stress. Jungian ideas look at personal meaning and recurring patterns, which can help when people want to understand long-standing themes in their life. Solution-focused work concentrates on small, practical steps and short-term goals to change what isn’t working.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Guy will talk with the client about their goals and preferences, then suggest a way of working that matches those needs. He adapts the balance of listening, exploration and goal-setting as the work develops so the client feels involved in shaping sessions.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so check the therapist’s current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around everyday life, for example reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during work breaks, or offering audio-only conversations when bandwidth is limited. Registered or accredited professionals often use these practical benefits to help people keep therapy consistent alongside other commitments.