About me
Are you feeling anxious, depressed, or stressed?
Maybe it's pressure at work, a difficult relationship, or a growing sense that something needs to change. You may already know exactly what's wrong but haven't found a way through it yet.
Many of the men I work with have spent a long time managing on their own before reaching out. Some arrive with a specific difficulty in mind. Others just want space to think honestly about what's going on, with someone outside their work, family, and friendships.
I see clients online, in person at Riverside Wellbeing Centre in Whaley Bridge, and outdoors for walk-and-talk sessions in the Sett Valley. I also offer a free 15-minute introductory call.
Why men come to therapy:
There's often a point at which the usual strategies stop working. The pressure at work doesn't ease. The relationship stays stuck. The low mood or anxiety doesn't respond to the things that used to help. And carrying it alone starts to feel harder than reaching out.
Therapy can help when:
- Life looks good on paper but something still feels missing
- Stress, anxiety, or burnout are making it hard to switch off or enjoy things
- You struggle with self-doubt, feeling like you're never quite enough no matter what you do
- You want more fulfilling relationships but find it hard to be yourself around others
- Your own interests and direction feel overshadowed by pressure from work, family, or yourself
- You think therapy might help but worry it will feel clinical or awkward
How I work:
I'm a BACP-registered counsellor (MBACP) working from a person-centred approach. You set the direction, and if there's a concept, idea, or exercise that might be useful, we can draw on it.
Many people come to therapy looking for tools and techniques, and sometimes that's a useful place to start. Over time, the work often turns to what's driving those pressures underneath, and to a more balanced relationship with the expectations you place on yourself.
Where useful, I also draw on:
- Mindfulness-based approaches
- Values and strengths work
- Meditation and contemplative practice
- Psychological theory and evidence
My aim is to offer:
- Space to speak honestly and without judgement
- Support in figuring out what you actually want, not what you should want
- A relational, person-centred approach that moves at your pace
Outside private practice, I work with Mentell, a UK charity providing peer support circles for men online and in person. I train and mentor facilitators, run workshops, and support volunteers. This keeps me close to the kinds of struggles many men carry quietly like shame, loneliness, compulsive habits, anger and the pressure to cope alone. It continues to inform how I think about connection, honesty, and change.
Training, qualifications & experience
PGDip: Counselling and Psychotherapy - Distinction (BACP)
PGCert: Teaching Mindfulness Based Approaches (BAMBA)
MSc: Consumer Psychology with Business - Merit
BSc: Psychology (BPS)
Certificate in Group Coaching Facilitation
Qualified Mentell Group Facilitator
Mental Health First Aider
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
Photos & videos
Fees
Additional information
I offer sessions both online and in person, at the same rate. You can choose the format and length of session that feels right for you.
50 minutes – £70
The standard therapeutic hour. Focused time to explore what’s going on and make steady progress, session by session.
90 minutes – £115
A longer session for when you’d like more space to go deeper without feeling rushed.
Introduction Call
15 minutes: Free
Available online or by phone
When I work
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Further information
My background:
Before training as a counsellor I spent several years in business, so I have a feel for the pressures of professional life and the gap between how things look from the outside and how they feel on the inside.
I'm also a trained meditation teacher, and can support clients who have or want to develop a meditation practice.
