About me
Hi I’m Dave
If you’re looking for more confidence, balance and connection, then I’d love to work with you.
Over the last 11 years, I’ve worked with people facing a range of challenges.
Some people feel anxious, worn out and low, others feel disconnected, lonely and hopeless. Perhaps they’re repeating painful patterns in relationships, or struggle to say no, or find intimacy difficult.
If this resonates with you then through our work together we can help you cope with emotions, life’s up and downs and relationship challenges. Together we work to help you: .
- Feel calmer, more regulated, and less overwhelmed by day-to-day life.
- Develop a deeper understanding of yourself, your patterns, and emotional responses.
- Experience a greater sense of safety within your body and nervous system.
- Feel more connected to yourself, your needs, and your inner voice.
- Build self-trust and confidence in your decisions and boundaries.
- Experience healthier, more fulfilling relationships with others.
- Feel less stuck in survival mode and more able to live with presence and choice.
- Develop tools to manage anxiety, stress, and emotional intensity.
- Process and integrate past experiences in a way that feels safe and manageable.
- Feel more grounded, balanced, and resilient in the face of challenges.
- Reconnect with a sense of meaning, purpose, and direction in your life.
- Experience greater ease, self-compassion, and emotional freedom.
I offer a £30 initial consultation, lasting up to 50 minutes. It's for me to gain a better understanding of your situation and for you to ask any questions about me and about the counselling process, and to discuss any concerns you may have.
After that therapy sessions are £50 for 50 minutes.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Professional Studies - Counselling - University of the West of England
- Certificate in Person Centred Counselling Skills - University of the West of England
- Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling Skills - University of the West of England
- I have been working with Clients privately and also at Cotswold Counselling for over 8 years
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
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
Initial Assessment - £30
Approaching counselling for the first time can be a daunting experience. I offer £30 initial consultation, lasting up to 50 minutes. It's for you to ask any questions about me and the counselling process, and to discuss any concerns you may have. This is also an opportunity for us to meet and get a sense of whether we can work together.
Individual Counselling - £50
Sessions last for 50 minutes and usually take place at the same time each week.
When I work
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Further information
Counselling isn't about giving advice, it's exploring thoughts and feelings about issues and concerns and with the awareness that this creates, having an opportunity to discover how to more forward in life with this new knowledge.
