Gaynor Butler , LCSW, CSW

Gaynor Butler is a licensed social worker with 23 years of clinical experience helping people navigate difficult life transitions, relationship challenges, and emotional recovery. She draws on a broad practice focus that includes family dynamics, trauma and abuse recovery, grief work, parenting and caregiving stress, anxiety and mood concerns, and issues related to identity and intimacy. Her work also encompasses support for people facing career stress, chronic illness, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Gaynor emphasizes a person-centered, affirming approach that honors each client’s unique story. She creates a compassionate space where clients can explore experiences, identify patterns, and build practical coping strategies that support lasting change. Her practice welcomes LGBTQ+ clients and those seeking a progressive, non-judgmental therapeutic environment, and she has extensive experience with young adults, older adults, and complex family systems.

Holding the credentials LCSW and CSW, Gaynor combines clinical expertise with empathic listening to guide clients toward clearer communication, improved relationships, and greater self-understanding. LCSW stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CSW denotes a social work credential. Throughout her work she emphasizes collaboration, skill-building, and thoughtful attention to the challenges each person brings to therapy.

Therapeutic approaches for online growth

Gaynor Butler integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy into her online practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify personal values and develop acceptance-based strategies to manage difficult thoughts and feelings while taking actions that align with what matters most. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns influence current connections and offers ways to build safer, more secure relational experiences.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, unconditional regard, and collaborative pacing so clients feel heard and supported as they find their own solutions. Gaynor works collaboratively with each person to determine which approach or combination of approaches best fits their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods as therapy progresses.

Online therapy with Gaynor can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access sessions from different locations, and choose the format that helps clients engage most effectively with the therapeutic process.