About us
You may feel stuck, overwhelmed, or questioning your identity after life-altering events. My ideal client is someone who appears to be functioning but carries deep emotional pain, whether from trauma, anxiety, low self-worth, or major transitions. You want more than coping, you want clarity, healing, and a renewed sense of self. You’re seeking a space to explore your story, rebuild confidence, and reconnect with purpose, because you know deep down that change is possible, even if it doesn’t feel like it yet.
I offer trauma-informed counselling, integrative psychotherapy, and clinical hypnotherapy tailored to your unique needs. With lived experience of trauma and recovery, I support you in healing past wounds, reducing anxiety, building self-worth, and navigating identity shifts, with empathy, practical tools, and lasting change at the heart of our work.
I know how hard it can be to reach out when you’re struggling, but you don’t have to do it alone. Whatever you're facing, I offer a safe, supportive space where you’ll be heard without judgment. If you’re ready to explore your next step or simply need someone to listen, I invite you to connect. You deserve to feel whole, seen, and supported.
Phone - 07378 894928.
Website - www.aiptherapy.co.uk
Primary Location
72 Wilson Street
AIP Therapy Room 6
Derby DE1 1PL
I am accepting new clients.
I offer in-person sessions only.
I offer a free 15-minute intro call.
Intro for New Clients
I'm James Harris, a qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist, and author, with a deep personal understanding of trauma.
Finances
Fees
Individual Session Cost: £110 per session
Training, qualifications & experience
Education and Years in Practice
Training: BSc (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy
Degree/Diploma: Degree
Year Graduated: 2025
Year I Began Practice: 2022
Additional Credentials
Diploma: Hypnotherapy, North Wales Hypnotherapy 2018
- fully insured
- regular supervision in line with BACP guidelines.
In accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework and Professional Standards, I engage in regular, appropriate supervision and take responsibility for maintaining and developing my professional competence through ongoing and relevant continuing professional development (CPD).
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.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£110.00 per session
Additional information
Standard price: £110 Please let me know if you’d like to proceed or if you have any questions.
Further information
My Lived Experience
The gripping story of James Harris, following the journey of his life altering Traumatic Brain Injury, that ended his promising Military career and tells of his path to recovery in a journey of self discovery. When he was told by the medical world, that he would never read or write or even work again. Rather than accept this, he looked for an alternative path to walk and during this recovery, found out that true inspiration lies within. From that moment when his skull cracked off the concrete and his world went black and he though this is it “I am dying”. To the long journey of recovery which spans over 10 years of his life and realizing along the way, that truly Anything is Possible.
This emotional rollercoaster of James life events, shows how he managed (despite the odds), not only to rebuild his life. But to take it to all new levels, his post injury recovery state meant he had a very limited reading and writing ability. So to go on to write, edit and publish this book, just goes to show that if you have self-belief you can achieve your dreams. From the self-testing of trekking to Everest base camp, not knowing what the altitude would do to his brain. To the emotional lows of losing a child, he has endured it all. This process has shown him that there is nothing in life’s challenges that cant be overcome.
It is a very emotive journey, that with reflection has given him the ability now to hopefully inspire others.
