About me
** I charge £110 for a 50 minute session with individuals, or £125 for couples **
I am Matt Wotton. I offer evidence-based therapy and coaching, for couples and individuals, which draws on the latest research on what works. Therapy is shown to change people’s lives for the better. It is a shrewd investment of time and money. Whatever issues you are facing, my aim is for therapy to relieve your distress in the most effective way possible - drawing on approaches that are backed by clinical trials and research.
I am also an ILM accredited Executive Coach and have 20 years of executive leadership experience as well as a decade of senior-level coaching practice. I am a professional member of the British Association of Sports and Exercise Sciences and have studied sport and coaching psychology with the Open University.
I have a master's degree from Warwick Business School and have also studied at the London Business School. I offer coaching for all aspects of life.
I wrote a guide to getting good therapy for PCCS Books: “A Straight Talking Introduction to Therapy”. I have a popular blog at Psychology Today and podcast. I also regularly contribute to the media and recently edited a peer-reviewed journal on early attachment.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a previous Chair of the Bowlby Centre, the leading organisation in the UK for attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapy. I am also currently the Co-Director of The London Centre for Applied Psychology, which provides training to other mental health care professionals and consults to business on wellbeing in the workplace.
I trained at the oldest provider of counselling services in the UK, and have undertaken further training at The Tavistock Clinic, UCL, and the Jung Institute in Zurich. I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - the largest professional organisation for therapists and counsellors.
I am an ILM-accredited executive coach and have over a decade of senior-level coaching practice (Institute for Leadership and Management).
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I work most often with people dealing with anxiety, ADHD, low mood, and the pressures that show up in relationships. I also specialise in couples therapy, helping partners address the things that leave them stuck or disconnected. More generally, I enjoy working with anyone looking to make a positive change in their personal or professional life.
Therapies offered
Fees
£110.00 per session
Additional information
£110 for individual sessions (50 minutes)
£125 for couples (50 minutes)
You can book a time to suit you and pay for your session online by visiting my website.
When I work
I currently have some availability. You can check this via my website, where you can book and pay for a session (Cambridge City Centre or online, via Zoom) .
Further information
What type of help will work best for you depends on what sort of problem you need help with. No two people are the same and certain approaches suit some people and some problems better than others. Some problems can be managed in just a few sessions. Other times you might need ongoing therapy with someone in your corner to help you manage complex problems or as you grapple with persistent thoughts and behaviour.
I draw from a range of models to provide the right support to suit you. I have trained in a range of psychological therapies and this enables me to approach issues with an open mind. The type of therapy I practice draws on decades of research. I tend to recommend approaches which are solution-focussed and supported by research and endorsed by NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)
Good therapy should focus on what will relieve your distress in the most effective way possible. I work with people who want to know their time and money is being well spent. There is good evidence that therapy works to ease distress in the majority of cases.
