Ella Gunn

Ella Gunn is an integrative counsellor in training, working towards a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy. She draws on a blend of Person-Centred, Cognitive Behavioural, and Psychodynamic approaches, tailoring her work to meet each client’s unique needs. Ella has supported people through a wide range of challenges, particularly during times when life can feel overwhelming or even hopeless. She is a student member of the BACP and is committed to working within their ethical and professional framework. She works in the low-cost counselling service in Tooting.

Ella understands how difficult it can be to reach out for support. She offers a warm, empathetic, and non-judgemental space where clients can feel safe to explore their thoughts and feelings. Even when things feel confusing or hard to articulate, she gently works alongside her clients to help them unpack and understand what’s going on. By drawing from a variety of therapeutic tools, she supports clients in recognising patterns, making sense of past experiences, and understanding how these may be impacting their present. With growing self-awareness, clients often find they’re better able to build confidence, cope with life’s challenges, and begin to thrive.

Before training as a therapist, Ella worked in consumer research, where she engaged with people from all walks of life and a variety of cultural backgrounds. This has given her an appreciation for how personal context shapes who we are and how we relate to the world. She brings this sensitivity into her therapeutic work, with a strong focus on each client’s individual lived experience. Ella is especially skilled at helping clients connect the dots, uncover insights, and find meaning in what they’re going through. Having worked in a variety of settings – from the corporate world to self-employment – she also understands the pressures of modern life, and the challenge of juggling work, relationships, and personal wellbeing. Within this she has experience of uncertainty, periods of change and life transitions.