David Edwards

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MNCPS (Acc.) & MBACP Therapist/Counsellor

About me

If you’re exhausted by shallow self-help, fake positivity, and constant pressure to be more productive, you’re not alone.

Another podcast. Another morning routine. Another person online claiming they’ve mastered life while quietly falling apart behind the scenes.

Meanwhile, you may still feel anxious, disconnected, stuck, lonely, overwhelmed, or unlike yourself underneath it all.

I’m not especially interested in pretending life is simple, or in reducing people to diagnoses, labels, or productivity problems to solve. I am interested in helping people become more present, aware, authentic, and engaged with their lives, and that's what I do. Not because life should look perfect, but because I believe we experience it more fully when more of us is actually here for it. 

I offer therapy for people who want something more honest. 

A space where you don’t have to perform wellness. Where anger, grief, confusion, shame, uncertainty, contradiction, humour, and all the difficult parts of being human are welcome too.

My approach is relational, direct, and grounded in real conversation. I’m interested in who you are, what gets in the way of feeling fully alive, and what happens when we explore that together.

Alongside my professional training, I’ve also spent many hours in the client chair myself. I know what it is to struggle and search for something real and what it is like to find it.

If you’d like to see whether we might work well together, I offer a free 20-minute consultation.

Training, qualifications & experience

I hold a degree in Integrative Counselling from the University of Worcester, where I was honoured with a scholarship for Academic Excellence. I also completed a certificate in counselling at Iron Mill College and am committed to ongoing training to keep my approach fresh and my skills current.

I completed a Group Therapy Certified Course in 2025. 

Member organisations

Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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NCPS
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)

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BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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

National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
Accredited Register Scheme

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Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

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Fees

£65.00 - £80.00

Concessions offered for

  • Low income
  • Keyworkers
  • OAPs
  • Students
  • Trainee counsellors
  • Unemployed
  • Refugees

Additional information

Fees vary depending on what you are looking for, more information on my site https://beinginittogether.co.uk/fees

When I work

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Early morning
Morning
Early afternoon
Late afternoon
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Bristol, City of Bristol, BS8

Taunton, Somerset, TA4

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples
Groups
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

Wheelchair user access
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Online platforms

Microsoft Teams