About me
I'm a person-centred counsellor, hypno-psychotherapist, coach, and NLP practitioner based in Lancaster, with over 30 years of experience working therapeutically with individuals and couples across a wide range of settings. You can find out more about my work, including videos, at settledmind.com and thelancasterpractice.com/bob
Alongside my counselling practice, I draw on hypnotherapy, coaching, and neuro-linguistic programming, integrating these approaches thoughtfully and always with your informed consent. What matters most to me is finding what actually works for you.
What Brings People to See Me
Most people who come to me feel stuck. They've often already tried a number of things without finding the change they were looking for, and what they want now is an approach that's effective, collaborative, and gets results. I don't think it matters very much how we achieve that, what matters is that we do.
I work with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, stress, low self-esteem and confidence, anger, and relationship difficulties. I also offer couples counselling. I have particular experience working with people affected by workplace bullying, coercive management, and harassment, the impact of which I think is often significantly underestimated.
A central part of my work involves exploring the beliefs we hold about ourselves, beliefs often formed in childhood or adolescence, and how profoundly those beliefs can shape how we feel and behave today. With the right approach, change can happen more quickly than people expect.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a broad range of qualifications across counselling, psychotherapy, coaching, and related disciplines:
B.Sc.
P.G.Cert.Ed. (Graduate Teacher)
C.Q.S.W. / Diploma in Social Work
Graduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling
Diploma in Hypno-Psychotherapy (Distinction)
Diploma in Life and Corporate Coaching — The Coaching Academy (Distinction)
Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner (NLP)
Mnemodynamics Practitioner
Before establishing my private practice, I worked as a social worker with children, families, and in psychiatric settings, and as both a school and youth counsellor. This breadth of professional experience informs everything I do.
I hold an enhanced DBS certificate, available on request.
Professional Memberships
Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
Initial consultations are free and subsequently fees are £50 per one hour session for individuals and £70 per one hour session for couples. If these figures are difficult for you then I am willing to negotiate a mutually acceptable fee according to your circumstances on or before our first meeting.
When I work
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Further information
Please visit my website at www.actualisingpeople.co.uk for more information.
