Matthew Baskott
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About me
I’m Matthew (he/him), a UKCP-accredited individual and relationship Gestalt psychotherapist and trainee clinical sexologist. I work with individuals and couples navigating intimacy, sexuality, and the conflicts that keep us from connecting fully. My specialist interests include psychosexual therapy, relationship and couples work, and compulsive behaviour.
“The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.” Faulkner wrote that about fiction. I think it’s equally true of the consulting room.
Sexual difficulties are rarely just about sex. Unreliable erections, premature or delayed ejaculation, low desire, pain during sex, difficulty reaching orgasm: these experiences are often treated as isolated problems to be fixed, as though the body has simply malfunctioned. In my experience, that is rarely the whole story. More often, they are expressions of deeper conflicts: anxiety that lives in the body, distance that has grown between partners, shame that was never held, or a disconnection from desire that began long before the symptom appeared.
I work within a biopsychosocial model, which means that alongside evidence-based behavioural techniques, we explore the meaning behind the symptom: what it might be expressing, where it came from, and what it asks of the relationship or the self. The goal is not simply to resolve the presenting difficulty but to understand it, and in doing so, to change our relationship with it.
In Gestalt therapy, dialogue is a living balance of support and challenge. Growth often happens when we stay with what we would normally avoid and become curious about what it is communicating. The body, in this sense, is never separate from the story.
Over the past decade I have worked alongside organisations supporting marginalised communities, including LGBTQIA+ people with London Friend, people experiencing acute mental health difficulties with Mind in Camden, and people affected by homelessness with Providence Row. Again and again, I have witnessed the relief and transformation that becomes possible when people no longer feel the need to hide themselves.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationships Therapy (in progress)
- Certificate in Gestalt Couples and Intimate Relationships 2026
- Psychotherapy Practitioner Diploma the Gestalt Centre 2024
- MA in Gestalt Psychotherapy
London Metropolitan University / the Gestalt Centre
2021 - Postgraduate Diploma in Gestalt Therapy London Metropolitan University / the Gestalt Centre
2020 - Postgraduate Certificate in Gestalt Therapy
London Metropolitan University / the Gestalt Centre 2019 - Certificate in Humanistic Counselling London Metropolitan University / the Gestalt Centre 2018
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UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Fees
£95.00 - £130.00
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For 50-minute individual sessions, my fee is between £95 and £130.
For 60-minute couples and intimate relationships sessions, my fee is between £140 and £160.
For 90-minute couples and intimate relationships sessions, my fee is between £160 and £180
You decide what price point works for your budget. I offer a 10% student discount on sessions before 5pm.
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