Garon Sheppard

• Stress and anxiety
• Addiction recovery
• Mindfulness and CBT

About Garon

Garon Sheppard helps people work through stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, anger, depression, relationship and family concerns, and other life changes using talking therapy and coaching. He uses client-centred methods alongside CBT, DBT, mindfulness and psychodynamic approaches. He is registered NCPS and has nine years' counselling experience.

Garon draws on lived experience of addiction, homelessness and grief when talking with people about recovery and coping. Sessions focus on practical strategies, clearer thinking and developing skills to manage strong emotions. He also offers support with self-esteem, communication problems and making sense of difficult life transitions.

Work may include looking at thoughts and behaviours using cognitive behavioural therapy to reduce unhelpful patterns. He also uses dialectical behaviour therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness practices are introduced to help ground attention and reduce rumination.

Garon takes a person-centred stance and explores underlying patterns from a psychodynamic perspective when that helps people understand recurring difficulties. He combines these approaches to suit the issues presented and the person's goals rather than following a single method.

He offers guidance for problems linked to addiction, domestic violence, first responder issues, veteran and armed forces issues, and end-of-life concerns, as listed in his profile. Sessions form practical steps and coaching where useful to support clearer decisions and coping.

To begin, people are asked to use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How Garon uses talk therapies in online work

Garon commonly blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural therapy in sessions. Client-centred work focuses on the person's concerns and priorities, letting them lead what they want to address and reflecting back what matters to them. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns.

He also draws on dialectical behaviour therapy skills for managing intense emotions and building coping tools. DBT skills teach techniques for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anxiety, anger and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Garon will discuss options and agree a way of working together based on the person's needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and approaches may be adjusted over time as goals change.

The biography lists online counselling as a service he offers, but it does not detail formats or session types. Please confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed.

Topics Garon lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Grief
• Anger management
• Depression
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Self-esteem
• Bipolar disorder
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Attachment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• First responder issues
• Guilt and shame
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Mood disorders
• Narcissism
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Post-traumatic stress
• Process addictions
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Questions about Garon

Does he work with addiction and recovery?

Yes. He lists drug and alcohol addiction and addiction recovery among his main areas of work.

What kind of counselling does he offer?

He uses client-centred therapy combined with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), mindfulness and psychodynamic approaches.

What experience does he have?

He has nine years' counselling experience and a 16-year background working in addictions, homelessness and housing sectors as described in his profile.

Is he registered and where does he practise?

He is listed with NCPS and provides services in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

The original biography mentions online counselling and walk-and-talk therapy; please confirm current formats before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I get started with him?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.