Transformational Therapy

With over 45 years of guiding individuals

& couples traversing major life change, I offer:

~ 1-on-1 and Couples Therapy

~ The Real Us Relationship Programs with Joy

~ In-Person Immersion Retreats in Mt. Shasta

~ 1-on-1 Leadership Mentoring

Welcome

Greetings and a warm welcome! I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to visit and learn more about me and my work—and how it might assist you in leading a more deeply fulfilling and authentic life.

Thresholds of great possibility arrive in everyone's life...

At certain moments in our lives, we feel an unmistakable pull toward greater aliveness, clarity, and meaning—yet the path forward may be hidden. We sense a new chapter calling, but the way to access it may feel elusive. Often, these moments are accompanied by vulnerability and pain: a deep longing, perhaps a gradual collapse of an old way of being, or an increasing knowing that your life as it currently exists is no longer challenging you to rise to your highest.

Gavin Frye, Spiritual Therapist & Leadership Mentor

These are not ordinary transitions...

They are thresholds—sacred turning points in life where the old can no longer continue, the new has not yet emerged—and we are ripe for transformation. Whether as an individual or as a couple, crossing these thresholds can feel both unsettling and full of possibility.

What if this moment—precisely as it is—is an invitation and entryway into greater depth, healing, and freedom?
What if everything you’ve experienced until now has been preparing you to step into the new season beckoning you?
What if you are at a pivotal turning point in your life path?

For over 45 years as a licensed psychotherapist and facilitator of transformation, I’ve had the privilege of guiding individuals, couples and leaders as they navigate these powerful life passages. My work carries a rare field—rooted, attuned and wise—with a spiritual gift for facilitating life-altering openings. While each client and each threshold is unique, I carry a seasoned, intuitive understanding of how to support those who are poised to move forward in their spiritual growth, psychological maturity and embracing the next season of their life's expression.

Avenues for Deepening Your Journey

1-on-1 Therapy

Provides a safe, steady container leading to mental and emotional healing while also connecting with deeper levels of one's true nature. Often, this process includes assisting my clients to build a compassionate bridge between the depth of their love and the parts of themselves they've unconsciously been neglecting or judging. Mature evolution isn’t about fixing or changing ourselves, rather learning to embrace all aspects of ourselves as we awaken to the depth and wisdom within us. Being deeply seen and loved by another while we're learning to love ourselves is a powerful pathway to transforming our lives.

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Couples Therapy

An abiding passion of mine for over 40 years. It is a profound privilege to support committed couples in resolving conflicts, releasing limiting patterns, and opening to levels of nourishing intimacy they've never known. I work with couples who have a sincere intention to embrace the arena of committed relationship as a pathway for each partner's healing and transformation.

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Multi-Day, In-Person 1-on-1 Retreats in Mt Shasta

Many new clients begin their work with me by scheduling a 1-on-1 immersion retreat held in the profoundly healing mountains and lakes of Mt. Shasta, California. People travel from all around the world to partake of the exquisite presence that emanate from these high-frequency lands. This personally-tailored intensive is an energetic container of renewal and transformation designed to catalyze a flow of revelations and clarity about the next season of your life's expression.

Whether you're seeking a vision quest, a personal healing journey or looking for a shared experience with a partner or family member, each private retreat is custom-designed. This level of care and empowered collaboration allows for an immersive, on-purpose experience of awakening. At the completion of this intensive experience, we can collaborate in creating a personalized program of further work over time that supports integrating profound change and building the next chapter of your life.

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I recommend Gavin with fervent advocacy...

"While I’ve worked with a number of therapists, healers, and coaches throughout my life, none have lit a candle compared to the impact that Gavin has had. I recommend him with fervent advocacy, as the way he works collapses time and gracefully opens access to powerful results. If you’re willing to go into your depths and invest in yourself wholeheartedly, the ROI is absolutely priceless."

~ Ali Walter, Strategic Business Advisor & Leadership Coach

What Expansive Life Threshold is Emerging in Your Life?

Individuals and couples choose into partnering with me at pivotal moments in their lives.

Some examples of the kinds of thresholds clients are facing when they come my way:

Those rebuilding their life as they traverse a major life transition (i.e. career change, divorce, health crisis, etc.)
Couples seeking to overcome painful patterns in their relationship with a willingness to receive seasoned support for their intimacy to flourish
Those with a powerful calling towards an immersive vision quest, a personalized devotional retreat that incorporates the inspiring power of nature
Entrepreneurs who aren't fulfilled as the business they've created is not aligned with their heart & deeper gifts
Individuals with a powerful prayer to attract into their lives the extraordinary love of an aligned, committed partner
Individuals navigating significant life changes following a profound psychological or spiritual experience
Couples with a sincere desire to navigate separation and possibly divorce in a healthy, respectful and constructive way
Those carrying a spiritual calling to share their gifts more fully and have a powerful impact on the lives of others

THE REAL US

Relationship Programs with Gavin & Joy

My wife and beloved spiritual partner, Joy, and I offer a range of transformational programs designed to inspire and support those with a sincere desire to create mature, loving, and committed long-term relationships. In essence, our work is about building relationship intelligence and opening to the blessings of extraordinary love.

Whether you are navigating the world of dating or looking to support your current relationship in healing and flourishing, we guide singles and couples to open their hearts to the real possibility of intentional, compassionate and enduring love—where both partners feel genuinely seen, understood, and celebrated.

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"I am so appreciative of your style as a therapist...

...so gentle, yet strong, and so incredibly intuitive. I have received so many blessings from our work together. The sacred space you have held for my process of growth and learning has allowed me to see in myself what you see in me: my beauty, strength, vulnerability, gentleness, and even my child-like innocence through which I’ve learned to see the world.”

~ Tammi Scott, Relationship Coach

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An Invitation Into My Heart and Work

After four decades of wide-ranging professional experience, along with navigating my own challenging and blessed life journey, I’ve come to some core understandings about who we are as human beings and the process of facilitating personal transformation.

Here’s what I’ve discovered:

Each of us has a unique and natural Self—a nourishing, eternal presence—that longs to be known, breathed into, and lived from.
Difficult and painful transitions in life are one of the ways our Authentic Self, our Soul, has of gaining our attention and inviting us into powerful seasons of change and new direction.
We each carry a unique constellation of gifts, dreams and leadership potential we’re designed to bring forward in this lifetime.
Self-compassion is intimately related to sourcing our creativity. We can embrace vulnerability, not as a weakness, but as a powerful ally in accessing our divine power.

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Leading Life from Your Authentic Self

This groundbreaking exploration of the Authentic Self flows from my 40 years experience as a licensed psychotherapist and leadership mentor to entrepreneurs. The Real You is a comprehensive work that illuminates and makes accessible the universal path of the Authentic Self.

Each and every person living on the planet has a unique and natural Authentic Self—an eternal presence—that longs to be known, breathed into and lived from. This core of our nature is characterized by love, wisdom and compassion. The Real You is about reconnecting with this dynamic inner presence and following its lead to heal & transform every aspect of your life.

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“I can easily see that my life, my fulfillment, my ability to be on-purpose, to show up and evolve the way that I have over the last number of years—wouldn’t have ever happened if it weren’t for Gavin.”

~ Scott Oldford
Advisor, Investor & Mentor for Online Entrepreneurs

1-on-1 Leadership Mentoring Program

Designed exclusively for self-aware soulpreneurs , creatives, and corporate executives, this program is a custom-designed 1-on1 partnership which builds upon my decades of therapeutic and leadership work. I provide dynamic support over time as you successfully identify and manifest an inspired dream project in your professional life—while simultaneously engaging in an in-depth process of psychological and spiritual transformation.

Some of the business-related outer projects that powerfully emerge from this potent, collaborative partnership include:

stepping into new levels of courageous, inspired leadership & contribution
revisioning the values, direction & structure of your business that reflects your authentic gifts & unique Soul's curriculum
daring to embrace a dynamic new career direction
writing and publishing a long-desired book or successfully birthing a new business, product or program

This mentoring program is about changing one's life in radical new ways—and never going back. It's for spiritually-oriented individuals and entrepreneurs who recognize that receiving in-depth support over time with a seasoned guide provides the leverage required to heal unconscious patterns that have previously blocked their development—while simultaneously opening to profound levels of inner guidance and outer success.

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Only you can choose to open wide to receive the leverage of seasoned support...

My practice is centered upon core clients I work with consistently over time, most often on a weekly basis. I work with individuals, couples and entrepreneurs from around the world, and they find my transformational work intimate and effective whether conducted in person, over the phone, or via video-based conferencing. The key variable for success is the strength of our bond and the mutual sincerity of our brave engagement in the process.

If we engage in collaborative partnership, you’ll find the space and steady support to:

Awaken to new levels of love, wisdom and creativity
Identify and embrace your unique Soul's curriculum in this lifetime
Compassionately release unconscious patterns that no longer serve you
Become more grounded in your Soul presence and gifts
Step into a new paradigm of leading your life from deep knowing and authenticity
Open to new levels of impact and contribution

If you find yourself called to learn more, I invite you to schedule a time for us to connect so we can explore how you might be served by this life-changing work.