Chris Nicklin

Name: Chris Nicklin
Address: Stourbridge, Staffordshire, DY7, GB
Telephone: +447890314626
Price range: £100.00 per session

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Are you:

Worried about the way you feel?Concerned about images and thoughts that come into your mind?
Scared that you might hurt someone or yourself?
Disturbed about your urges and desires?

Or are concerned about someone because:

They seem aggressive, have a temper, or seem prone to violence?
They seem withdrawn and isolated
They are behaving strangely and out-of-character?
You’ve seen something that disturbs you?
You think that they are, or might be, hurting themselves, or someone else?

It’s often difficult to know:

Where and how to access support
If the information you share will remain confidential and
If the person you see will have the right skill set to help you.

My name’s Chris. I’m a mental health consultant and have been supporting people with their psychological health for 20 years. I specialise in:

Men’s mental health
Addiction and compulsions
Sexual health
Mental health in relation to the Law & Criminal Justice
Relationships, family & systemic therapy
Neurodivergence
Psychological Trauma

Men’s psychological health & wellbeing

“When men suffer, everyone suffers”

Men often struggle to engage in therapeutic discourse; they worry that they will be judged, that the therapy will not be effective, and that the information they share might be used against them. After working with men in a wide variety of settings over the course of 20 years, I can say that these concerns are valid. Which is why we will address this in our first meeting, and you will leave confidently clear of what the working agreement is.

Often, men don’t respond well to passive therapy and can see this as a “feminine” approach to “masculine” problems. I get that! Believe me, I received some ineffective therapy over the years. Not because the therapy was “bad,” but because it wasn’t the right therapy for me at that time.That’s why I want to connect with men differently. If talking through your issues, and possibly your past, works for you, fine! We can do that, but it doesn’t need to be limited to that. I will attempt to understand what mode of therapy will be most useful to you, whether that be a “client-centred” process where you “talk-it-through”, a behavioural approach that is goal-driven and addresses unhelpful thinking and enhances self-management, or a coaching style that has more emphasis on behaviour and attainment. We can find a way forward.

Support for young people & children

I am the therapeutic consultant for a number of residential care homes for children with complexities such as relational trauma and neurodivergence. I’ve worked with young people in a variety of roles and settings, from school counsellor to being the consultant for the young person’s service with the Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust through the COVID pandemic. My experience tells me that when it comes to young people, they are very rarely the problem. However, with some modes of treatment, that’s what we appear to communicate. When we refer a young person for mental health support, we need to understand the context of the young person’s experience. Too often, we send young people for mental health support when the problems lie within the systems that they belong. This is why, when supporting a young person, the family and the environment that they live within will be a main focus of the work. When referring a young person, I will often recommend family or systemic therapy.

I’ll make it simple! If after one session, you’re not feeling understood and more hopeful, you don’t have to return, and if you’re not seeing any progress after three sessions, maybe you require another mode of support (I’ll help you with this).

I won’t lie, if it were easy, you would have done it by now. The process can be challenging, and you will have to put the work in. My job is to help you understand what you need to do to improve your health, your circumstances, and to hold you to the objectives that we collaboratively create.

Training, qualifications & experience

I have been supporting people with their psychological health for 20 years. I've worked in a variety of roles and settings, including consultancy roles for Social Services, the Fire Service, and private residential care institutions, including residential rehabilitation and the NHS.

I design, develop and deliver training on a whole host of subjects relating to mental health. Some examples are child & adult safeguarding, neurodivergence (e.g. ASD, ADHD, Echolalia), and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I have also been a clinical supervisor for over 15 years and have previously been the clinical lead of the largest substance misuse service in Europe with a caseload of 155 psychological practitioners per month.

Qualifications include:

MSc in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
PG Dip in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Dip in Clinical Supervision
Prof Dip in Therapeutic Counselling

and other training certificates in whole variety of theoretical modalities and approaches.

I would describe myself as an Integrative Practitioner with an emphasis in the relationship and would say that my preferred approach is Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). My approach is heavily influenced by Neurobiological areas of research and I would place Predictive Brain Coding and Integrated Information Theory (IIT) as highly influential when making sense of people's experience and the nature of human subjective reality.