Dr Gary Tebble

Profile

Biography

Publications 

• TEBBLE, G. (2016) Cited in: Gubi, P. and Swinton, V. (eds.) Researching lesser-explored issues in counselling and psychotherapy. London: Karnac Books.
  (Contributed to a chapter exploring under-researched areas in therapeutic practice.)
• REEVES, A. and TEBBLE, G. (2018) Cited in: Reeves, A. (ed.) An introduction to counselling and psychotherapy: From theory to practice. 2nd ed. London: Sage.
  (Co-authored a cited contribution focused on applied counselling practice.)
• TEBBLE, G. (2017) ‘Shared decision making’, Children and Young People’s Journal, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
• DSA, MAURELLE., RELPH, NICOLA., LIVERPOOL, SHAUN., TEBBLE, GARY., & OWEN, MICHAEL. (2025). Multi-component interventions combining psychotherapy and physical activity for children and young peoples’ mental health: A scoping review. PLOS Mental Health, 2(6), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000227

Research Interests

Research Interests

Dr Gary Tebble’s research is grounded in applied therapeutic practice and aims to enhance the accessibility, responsiveness, and inclusivity of counselling and psychotherapy for children, young people, and families.

His current research interests include:

• Shared Decision Making and Meta-Therapeutic Communication in counselling and psychotherapy with children and young people.

• The efficacy of pluralistic approaches in child and adolescent psychotherapy, including work with neurodiverse populations.

• Therapeutic engagement with children and young people with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) and Special Educational Needs (SEND).

• Research ethics and methodological innovation in psychotherapy research with vulnerable populations, particularly children and young people.

• The use of case study and case series methodology in therapeutic research with both adults and young people.

• Complex trauma and attachment issues in child and adolescent populations.

• The role and outcomes of psychotherapy with adolescents who have engaged in offending behaviours.

• The development and impact of school-based counselling (SBC) as an early intervention.

• Inter-agency collaboration in the care and support of complex child and adolescent cases.

• The application and evaluation of EMDR therapy with adolescents in forensic or high-risk settings.

• Boys’ and men’s mental health, with a focus on increasing access to and engagement with therapeutic services.

• Neurodiversity, including strategies to widen access to therapy for children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).