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Garon Sheppard

Counsellor profile

Garon Sheppard, NCPS

United Kingdom

Counsellor - Anger and Addiction support

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Key details

  • CredentialsNCPS
  • RegistrationNCPS, United Kingdom / NCS14-01722
  • Experience9 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationUnited Kingdom

About

  • Client-centred work
  • CBT techniques
  • Mindfulness practice

About Garon

Garon Sheppard is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has nine years of counselling experience in the United Kingdom. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, anger, depression, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and life changes.

Garon draws on a mix of approaches including client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and dialectical behaviour methods. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps people can use day to day. Conversations aim to identify patterns, try out new responses and reduce the moments where anger or frustration takes over.

He also brings lived experience from time spent supporting people with addiction and homelessness. That background shapes a pragmatic style that values honesty and steady effort. Expect direct discussion of triggers and routines that keep problems in place, followed by small experiments to test different ways of coping.

Mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas add depth when needed. Mindfulness offers short practices to calm the body and notice impulses. Psychodynamic thinking helps surface recurring themes from earlier relationships that influence current reactions.

Garon offers coaching-style work for people wanting concrete life changes as well as longer therapeutic exploration. He encourages straightforward goal-setting and regular review so progress can be tracked. To start, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and then arrange the first session.

How sessions work

How his approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to the person in front of him. It helps people explore what matters most and set practical goals. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns. DBT offers emotion regulation and distress-tolerance tools that help reduce intense reactions and manage anger more safely and effectively.

Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. He will discuss goals, preferences and how you respond to early sessions, and then agree a plan together. That collaborative process makes it easier to try different techniques and refine what helps most.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or remove the need to travel. Registered or accredited professionals including therapists often use these practical benefits to help clients keep therapy consistent alongside everyday life.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoaching

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFirst responder issuesGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

9+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does he help with?

He supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, anger, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and life changes.

How would he approach anger or temper issues?

He uses client-centred conversations alongside CBT and DBT strategies to identify triggers, practise new responses and build routines that reduce reactivity.

What is his background and experience?

He has nine years of counselling experience and a 16-year background working in addictions, homelessness and housing sectors, which informs his practical approach.

What credentials and location are listed?

He is registered NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does he work with international clients?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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Garon Sheppard

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