About me
Hello and thank you for stopping by.
My name is Dom, and after experiencing the transformative power of therapy myself — and earning a fair few bruises and badges from the school of life — I decided to follow a vocation of helping others navigate their internal struggles, even when everything on the surface seems “just fine.”
I’d now like to offer you the same confidential, non-judgemental, and compassionate support that I once received.
My Journey
Before training as a counsellor, I worked as an HR manager across private, corporate, non-profit, and charity sectors. I’ve always been fascinated by people, the dynamics between us, and the many games we play throughout our dear life to hold on to it and make sense of it.
Following those interests, I first trained as a Professional Coach and Mental Health First Aider, before embarking on the path to becoming a qualified professional Counsellor.
My Approach
I offer a trauma-informed therapeutic approach, ensuring that you are fully informed and in agreement with the counselling process. I also respect that we each move through therapy at our own pace.
I use traditional talking therapy methods, creative exploration of moments when we feel stuck, and practices that help clear the mind and reconnect with it — through mindfulness and the healing power of nature (only if you’re happy to have a walk and talk during our session!).
Mind hacks, cognitive corrections, and coping mechanisms exist for a reason: to help us feel safe and in control.
In our sessions, we’re not striving for perfection. Instead, we witness and accept the full range of your human experience, so we can assess whether those survival skills are still needed — and in what form.
What Therapy Can Feel Like
Therapy doesn’t always feel great - some people stop it because sessions get hard; some people start it because a lifetime spent fighting a war with themselves and everything around them in the dark is much harder.
So, how do we get the light in? Simple, but not easy - we have to feel the feelings. All of them.
We haven’t been given a manual for this liberating - but often challenging - process. But you don’t have to do it alone.
I’m very aware that many factors (work, family, money, ambitions, social norms and expectations to name a few) try to talk us out of the simple act of feeling. I also believe that admitting you’re not okay and that you need help is an act of courage.
What I Offer
I’d be honoured to offer you space and guidance to explore what’s really going on in your life, embrace every part of yourself, build deep, genuine, and meaningful relationships, and create a future to cherish.
I’ll be happy to help you with:
- expressing your feelings and processing them in a safe and supportive relationship
- gaining deeper insight into the issues you face
- talking about things you might not feel able to discuss with anyone else, in a confidential environment
- finding better ways to cope with feelings and fears
- changing how you think about yourself to improve your mental and emotional wellbeing
- learning to communicate better and tolerate differences in yourself and others
- improving relationships in your life — including the one with yourself
Qualifications & Interests
I am a fully qualified Integrative Counsellor and a Registered and Accredited member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (MNCPS).
My professional interests include:
- Narcissistic wound and surviving narcissistic abuse
- Trauma, PTSD, and CPTSD
- ADHD
- Moral injury
- Burnout
For therapy to work, it’s important to find someone you feel comfortable with and can connect to. Why not chat with me and see if I could be that person?
Location
I offer in-person sessions in Malvern (Worcestershire) and Hereford (Herefordshire), as well as online sessions nationwide.
Training, qualifications & experience
In addition to my private practice I also acted as a volunteer counsellor at Herefordshire Mind. I am also continuously making sure that my knowledge and qualifications remain up to date through additional courses, qualifications and CPD sessions.
Prior to becoming a therapist I acted as a Mental Health First Aider and worked in various organisations as a HR Manager.
Professional Qualifications
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Ecotherapy: Walk & Talk Therapy
- Open University Trauma-informed counselling
- Online and Telephone Counselling Course
- Group Therapy Certificate Course: Evidence-Based Strategies to Develop and Facilitate Dynamic, Purposeful and Effective Group Therapy
- Coaching Academy (ICF Accredited)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Moral injury
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer a free 15-30-minute phone "get to know you" call so that you can decide if we’re a good fit.
When I work
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Further information
Sessions are 50 minutes long.
