Hamish Travers
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About me
I specialise in working with men who feel overwhelmed, stuck or disconnected despite appearing capable on the surface. Many are navigating burnout, relationship difficulties, life transitions or the pressure of always needing to perform.
You have landed here for a reason. If you decide to reach out, you won’t need to come in knowing what to say, or face your difficulties and feelings alone.
Supporting You As You Need
If you are experiencing any of the thoughts or difficulties below I can help:
- Why can't I get my life together
- I'm successful but exhausted
- Why do relationships keep becoming difficult
- I thought I'd be happier than this
- I'm struggling to live with ADHD
- I'm constantly masking
- I feel different from everyone else
How I Can Help
My practice is founded on supporting you to explore what sits under these experiences and emotions, and make the changes you need in a non-directive and collaborative approach.
I offer an empathetic, warm, and confidential space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings beyond the performance expected of you at work, as part of your family, or in relationships.
My role is to listen, reflect, support, and together explore what it is to be you and how you want that to change.
To begin with, my aim is to help you find your footing with what you're going through right now — easing the distress or discomfort you're carrying, and helping you feel steadier and calmer again, both in our sessions and in daily life. Together, we'll find the strategies that genuinely fit you, so you can start to feel more like yourself.
From there, if it feels right, we can gently explore the deeper, longer-standing patterns underneath — where they came from and why they took root — so that healing can go beyond the surface. This is where lasting change tends to happen: a fuller sense of self-understanding, and the freedom to build a life shaped by your own choices, not old patterns.
I am a relational therapist with a history in being an entrepreneur and working in elite sport. I started and grew a business, understanding intimately the pressure of balancing work, family, relationships, and how it shaped me then and now.
What To Expect In The First Session
To start, I offer a 20-minute call or video introduction — a relaxed space to talk through what's bringing you to therapy, how you're feeling, and whether it feels like the right fit for you. There's no pressure either way: after we speak, the decision of whether to continue is entirely yours.
Training, qualifications & experience
Member Organisations
- MBACP
- MNCPS Accredited Registrant
- Professional Standards Authority (accredited register)
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, Counselling & Psychotherapy Training Academy
Certificate of Therapeutic Skills & Studies, Astranti Connect
As a registered practitioner with the BACP, and an accredited registrant member of the NCPS, I work in accordance with their ethical and professional standards outlined in their Ethical Framework for Counselling Professions. These standards underpin my therapeutic model and our working alliance.
As a counsellor, I have hundreds of hours of first-hand experience of the impact of mental health difficulties on clients' lives. In supporting my community, I volunteer as a counsellor at both Mind Richmond and Kingston Bereavement Support.
I offer both short and long term therapy, with a minimum of 6 six sessions.
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
£75.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
- My fee is 75 per session, each session is 50 minutes.
- Concessions for clients who are unemployed.
I offer a free 20-minute initial telephone or video consultation. This will allow us to discuss the reason you are coming to counselling, whether therapy is right for you, and if I am the right therapist for you.
When I work
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Further information
I work with all clients who have experienced grief, living loss, and need support with bereavement.
