Hello, I am Simon, an integrative counselling & psychological therapist. Unlike rigid, traditional single-approach therapists, as an integrative therapist, I do not use a "one-size-fits-all" method. Instead, I tailor strategies to your personality, emotional challenges, and goals. This means your treatment plan can evolve as you grow and face old and new stressors
I weave in the following models:
Cognitive-Behavioural Strategies, to help you identify and change unhelpful thought patterns.
Psychodynamic Insights: To explore how early life experiences and the subconscious affect your current behaviours.
Humanistic Principles: To foster self-acceptance, personal growth, and a strong, non-judgmental therapeutic alliance.
Mindfulness Practices: To ground you and help manage anxiety in the present.
Dialectical behaviour therapy: To teach you coping skills to deal with emotional intensity.
I am an accredited member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and a clinical supervisor. I specialise in treating trauma symptoms such as PTSD, CPTSD and many other presenting issues. I offer face-to-face and online sessions as well as supervision.
I am also a European and UK-accredited EMDR Consultant for children, adults and young people.
I currently work with the local adoption services within the framework of DDP (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy). I feel very passionate about this work, being an adoptive parent myself.
Therapy
EMDR
EMDR is a powerful psychological treatment method, It involves moving your eyes a specific way while you process traumatic memories. EMDR's goal is to help you heal from trauma or other distressing life experiences.
DDP
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is a new therapeutic approach used in psychology that can help a child to feel safe. The heart of DDP is to help a child feel safe through relationships. Sometimes, these relationships involve their parents, their adoptive parents, their foster parents or whoever the safe adult is in a child’s life.
Person-centred Therapy
Person-centred counselling is one of the humanistic modalities. Given the right conditions, you can reach your potential and become your true self, which he termed ‘self-actualisation’. This actualisation process is innate and accessible to everyone.
Gottman Couples Therapy
The Gottman Method for Healthy Relationships helps you and your partner to manage marital relationships and develop problem-solving skills. These skills make you, as a couple more flexible in your relationships and help you achieve a high degree of emotional stability and a peaceful life.
Couple Counselling
Couples counselling is a talking therapy which allows you to identify negative behaviours which can be changed to improve your relationship. This type of therapy aims to help you and your partner gain a better understanding of negative patterns within the relationship.
Supervision
EMDR Supervision
As a European and UK-accredited EMDR Consultant. I can offer supervision and help you throughout the accreditation process For Adults, Children and Young People.
Clinical Supervision
I am fully qualified to provide clinical supervision for psychotherapists and trainees. I will have immense pleasure in discussing cases and providing support and guidance to ensure safe practice.