Gail Churney is a highly experienced counsellor who has practiced for over 25 years.  She has a wealth of experience working with children, young people, individuals, couple/relationship counselling, and families.

Gail is a registered member of the BACP British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and a member of BACP’s Children, Young People, and Families Division, bound by the code of Ethics & Practice demanded by the professional body.  For further information please click on BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions

With an interest in Affective Science, Gail spent her formative years combining working in the commercial sector with her voluntary work as a Samaritan.  Gail qualified in Individual Counselling in 1997 (AEB/CSCT Combined Certificate in Counselling) and then as a Couple Therapist in 2006 with Relate. She has recently gained her Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling with Counselling Tutor (July 2020).  

Since 2009 she has also worked with children and young people within the state and independent school sectors across London and Hertfordshire.  She has developed and delivered many training workshops and courses for health authorities, businesses, and voluntary sectors; including Parenting Skills, Living with Teenagers, (accredited by the Open College Network Central England); Taking Charge of your Life; Peer Listening & Mentoring; Bullying and Bereavement Programmes.

The human capacity to cope with adversity is extraordinary and this is no more apparent than in counselling.  Gail can easily say that the most she has learned in her career as a counsellor, are from her clients. What motivates her above all else is that it is immensely rewarding to take part in someone’s recovery. Gail believes it is a privilege to be able to help them discover how to do it, especially those who have almost given up hope.  She also believes recovery is very personal and sees working in a partnership as essential in terms of really understanding someone’s problems and helping them choose what is best for them.

Gail aims to deliver her services with cultural sensitivity and without discrimination in a supportive and confidential environment that allows for open and non-judgemental communication.  As an integrative counsellor, using a variety of approaches and working flexibly, Gail recognises that one of the most important components of therapeutic efficacy is the relationship between therapist and client and priorities the therapeutic alliance along with empathy and authenticity, where you can freely express and explore your thoughts and feelings.  Gail is passionate about empowerment and changing lives.

Alongside her practice, Gail is a wife and a mother to a beautiful daughter and two amazing stepsons. Gail volunteers as a supervisor and listener to a Bereavement Support Group for her local community since 2009.

Gail is a keen swimmer and qualified as a teacher in 1988.  She now enjoys Pilates and walking as a way of keeping herself and her mind healthy.