About me
You may be keeping everything going—work, family, the everyday responsibilities—while feeling increasingly overwhelmed inside. Perhaps you’re snapping more than you want to, going quiet with your partner, or struggling to switch off.
You love your family, but that doesn’t mean fatherhood always feels easy. You deserve somewhere you can talk honestly about how things are for you.
I’m John, a qualified integrative counsellor and psychotherapist, breathwork coach and dad. I work with fathers and men experiencing stress, anxiety, anger, emotional withdrawal, relationship difficulties and the pressures of family life.
Sometimes becoming a parent brings older experiences to the surface: memories of your own childhood, fears about the kind of father you’ll be, or patterns you find yourself repeating despite wanting things to be different. We can make space to explore these together.
How I work:
Our sessions are shaped around you. We begin with what feels difficult now and take time to understand your experiences, reactions and needs.
Alongside talking therapy, I may draw on somatic awareness, breathwork, parts work and EFT tapping where appropriate. You don’t need to know these approaches beforehand, and we’ll discuss anything we try together.
There is room both for practical support with everyday difficulties and for deeper exploration of what sits beneath them.
What starting therapy looks like
You don’t need to arrive with the right words or a clear explanation. We can start with what has prompted you to reach out.
Together, we’ll discuss what you want from therapy and agree how often to meet. Some people want focused support with a particular difficulty; others choose longer-term work.
As a dad and part of a blended family, I know that love, responsibility, exhaustion and uncertainty can exist alongside one another. Your sessions are a space where your experience matters too.
I offer online appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays, including evening availability.
You’re welcome to arrange a free 15-minute introductory chat to ask questions and explore whether working together feels right.
Training, qualifications & experience
Core qualification:
Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling — CPPD
Additional therapeutic training:
Breathwork Coach training — The Bedfordshire Centre for Therapeutic Studies
EFT Levels 1 and 2 — Holistic Training and Therapies
Comprehensive Internal Family Systems Therapy Course — PESI UK
Intimacy From the Inside Out: six-month programme exploring IFS in relationships — IFS Institute
More Than Words: Bringing the Body into Therapy — Trauma Therapy Manchester
Deb Dana’s Polyvagal-Informed Practitioner course — PESI UK
My commitment:
I continue to develop my practice through further training and reflection. I draw on these approaches according to each client’s needs, preferences and what is appropriate for our work together.
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
Fees
Additional information
Online therapy: £85 per 60-minute session
Active Resilient Father Hub members: £80 per session
You do not need to join the Hub or commit to a package to work with me. We can agree regular appointments and review the pace of therapy together.
I offer a free 15-minute introductory chat to hear a little about what brings you here, answer your questions and explore whether working together feels right.
Daytime and evening appointments are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
You’re welcome to email me through this profile to arrange an introductory chat or book your introductory call directly on the website https://www.re-younify.co.uk/for-him
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