About me
Counselling for when life feels difficult, overwhelming or no longer manageable.
You might be struggling with anxiety, stress or low mood. Perhaps you're feeling overwhelmed, exhausted or stuck, and you're not quite sure what needs to change. You may be dealing with relationship difficulties, problems at work, a loss or bereavement, low self-esteem, or simply a sense that things aren't quite right.
You don't need to have everything figured out before coming to counselling.
I'm Ewan, a qualified counsellor offering a confidential, supportive and non-judgemental space where you can talk openly about what's happening in your life. You can come exactly as you are, without having to find the right words or pretend that everything is okay.
Sometimes the hardest part is admitting that you're struggling. For many people, and particularly for men, asking for help can feel unfamiliar or uncomfortable. You may have spent years dealing with things on your own, keeping busy, pushing difficult feelings aside or simply getting on with it.
You don't have to do that here.
Men's mental health is also an important part of my counselling work.
Men can experience anxiety, depression and stress in ways that aren't always immediately recognised as mental health difficulties. Feeling irritable, withdrawing from people, working constantly, struggling to sleep, drinking more, losing motivation or feeling emotionally numb can all be signs that something isn't right.
You don't have to be in crisis to seek counselling.
Perhaps you're struggling with anxiety or depression. Maybe work and financial pressures are becoming too much, you're experiencing relationship problems, or you've reached a point where the usual ways of coping aren't working anymore.
Counselling can provide a place to slow things down, make sense of what's happening and begin to find a way forward.
You don't need to be someone who is naturally comfortable talking about emotions. We can start wherever you are.
How counselling can help
People come to counselling for many different reasons. I can support you with issues including:
- Anxiety, worry and panic
- Stress and work-related stress
- Depression and low mood
- Men's mental health and emotional wellbeing
- Low self-esteem and confidence
- Relationship difficulties
- Family issues
- Grief, bereavement and loss
- Life changes and difficult transitions
- Work pressure, burnout and feeling overwhelmed
- Difficult emotions and coping with change
- Personal development and understanding yourself better
You don't necessarily need a diagnosis to benefit from counselling. Sometimes you simply know that you're not feeling like yourself and want some help understanding why.
How I work
I use a pluralistic approach to counselling. Put simply, this means I don't believe that one type of therapy works for everyone.
You are the expert on your own life, and my role is to work alongside you to understand what you need from counselling.
Some people find it helpful to have space to talk and make sense of their experiences. Others want practical strategies to manage anxiety and stress or to change patterns that are no longer helping them. Often, a combination of approaches is most useful.
My training allows me to draw on different therapeutic approaches, including CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), Person-Centred Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, adapting our work according to your needs, preferences and goals.
We can talk things through, explore patterns in your thoughts and behaviour, develop practical coping strategies, or simply take time to understand what you're experiencing.
There is no expectation that you should already know what you need.
We'll work that out together.
What can I expect from counselling?
Your first session is an opportunity to talk about what has brought you to counselling, what you're finding difficult and what you'd like to be different.
You don't need to prepare anything or know exactly what to say.
I'll listen without judgement and we'll take time to understand what's going on for you. We'll also discuss what you hope to get from counselling and how we might work together.
As we continue, we'll regularly check in about how you're finding the sessions and whether our work together is useful. If something isn't helping, we can talk about it and change direction.
I believe counselling should be a collaborative process. You should feel able to ask questions, say when something doesn't feel right and have a genuine say in the direction of your therapy.
A space where you can be yourself
Counselling isn't about being told what to do or being given a quick solution to your problems.
It's about having the time and space to understand yourself, your experiences and the things that may be keeping you stuck.
Together, we can explore what is happening beneath the surface, identify patterns that may no longer be serving you, and consider what you want your life to look like moving forward.
You may be looking for help with anxiety or depression. You may want to improve your relationships, build confidence, manage stress or cope with a significant change or loss.
Or perhaps you simply know that something needs to change.
Whatever has brought you here, you don't have to have all the answers before we begin.
Taking the first step
Finding the right counsellor is important. You need to feel comfortable with the person you're talking to and feel that their approach is right for you.
If you're considering counselling for anxiety, stress, depression, men's mental health, relationship difficulties, grief, low self-esteem or another challenge in your life, you're welcome to get in touch.
We can talk about what you're looking for and whether I might be the right counsellor for you.
You don't have to wait until things become unbearable before asking for support.
Training, qualifications & experience
Accredited Member of the BACP
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.
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
Fees
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
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