So, who would you be sitting with

I'm a Counselling Psychotherapist and have been practising for fourteen years. I've always been interested in people — what shapes us, how we come to understand ourselves, and what happens between us in our relationships with other people.

My own life experiences have played an important part in bringing me to this work. They have given me a personal understanding of what it can mean to struggle, to lose your way, and to look honestly at yourself and the ways you have learnt to live.

As a gay man, I also have some personal understanding of questions around identity, sexuality and belonging. I work with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences; what matters to me is getting to know the person sitting in front of me.

How I work

For me, psychotherapy is about relationship. What happens between us can sometimes help us understand something of what happens for you elsewhere — how you allow yourself to be known, what you expect from others, what you hold back, or what you have learnt to expect from yourself.

I don't see my role as telling you who you are or fitting you into an explanation. We can become curious together about what is happening, without rushing to find an answer or assuming that everything needs to be fixed.

There may be sadness, anger, shame, fear or confusion. There may also be humour and laughter. Psychotherapy is not something I do to you; it is something we do together.

Counselling Psychotherapist 

BACP Registered — MBACP
Integrative training to postgraduate diploma level
Currently undertaking UKCP-accredited training in Counselling Supervision 

Experience 

I have been practising for fourteen years and have worked with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. 

Over the years, I have worked with people bringing many different experiences, including: 

• Addiction
   
• Relationships and dependency
   
• Anxiety and stress
   
• Anger and depression
   
• Shame
   
• Loss and bereavement
   
• Neurodivergence
   
• Identity, sexuality and belonging
   
• Group therapy facilitation
   

My work is informed by humanistic and psychodynamic approaches, Transactional Analysis and Attachment Theory.
I also have experience of incorporating creative ways of working, including clay, drawing, painting, poetry and prose, where this feels appropriate.
I continue to develop my practice through ongoing training, supervision and reflection.