Matt Nicholas Counselling
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About us
Hi there, I’m a fully qualified Integrative Counsellor, combining Person-Centred and Psychodynamic approaches. My core focus is to provide a genuine, compassionate space that empowers you to uncover your own insights and revelations—ones that hold far more transformational power than those simply handed to you.
At the same time, we can apply psychodynamic theory to conduct meaningful detective work, exploring your early and unconscious experiences for subtle clues and the origins of patterns influencing your present struggles. This combined process helps you arrive at deeply personal realisations that cultivate growth and healing.
Having transitioned to counselling from a background in music, I bring a sensitivity to the intricate rhythms of life's creative forces, of which, we all navigate in our own unique manner. As your therapist, my aim is to guide you in discovering your own innate resourcefulness and creativity. Together, we will work to unearth and dismantle the barriers obstructing your path to a more fluid, vibrant, and genuine self-expression.
While I work with adults across all age groups, I've discovered a particular resonance for helping late adolescents (ages 18-25+) as they navigate the transitional journey into adulthood. This phase is marked by novel experiences and challenges along with awesome brain changes, and I find it deeply rewarding to support individuals through this important 'rite of passage' period.
I am also deeply interested in mindfulness meditation and its transformative potential in cultivating self-awareness and enriching our subjective reality through an intimate connection with the present moment. I firmly believe that mindfulness stands as one of the most potent tools at our disposal for effecting positive change to entrenched patterns and ingrained modes of thought.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have an Advanced Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling from Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling (BCPC). My integrative training allows me to draw from a range of therapeutic techniques and tools, enabling me to create a personalised approach that best meets your unique needs.
As a registered member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) BACP, I am committed to providing a safe and ethical practice in line with their ethical framework and adhere to their complaint & appeals procedures.
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.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Other areas of counselling we deal with
Adolescent transitions into adulthood
Masculinity and men's work
Creative struggles and blocks
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
