About me
People often come to therapy feeling stuck in repeating patterns in relationships, overwhelmed by emotions, or disconnected from themselves and others.
You may be struggling with the impact of past trauma, difficulties in relationships, anxiety or low mood, or a sense of disconnection from meaning, purpose, or spiritual life. For some, there is a feeling that something in life has become unworkable or no longer fits.
I offer psychotherapy and counselling for adults seeking deeper understanding, emotional change, and a more grounded way of living. My approach is collaborative and reflective, with an emphasis on understanding emotional experience rather than just managing symptoms.
I work particularly with relationship difficulties, trauma and its ongoing effects, and questions of meaning, identity, and spirituality.
I also have an interest in addiction and recovery where this is part of someone’s story.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have over 25 years’ experience in mental health, including many years working as a mental health nurse in NHS settings before training as a psychotherapist. I also work in private practice and specialist services.
My training includes Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), EFT, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and EMDR, alongside other trauma-informed approaches. My work is also influenced by Focusing and somatic approaches, which I integrate in a practical, experiential way where helpful.
My work focuses on how emotional and relational patterns develop over time, particularly in the context of trauma and early relational experience, and how these can be understood and changed in the present.
I aim to offer a grounded, collaborative therapeutic relationship that supports reflection, emotional regulation, and deeper self-understanding.
Publications:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203728857-14/hate-matters-matthew-tinker
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ACAT) is a registered charity. They welcome members of the public, health professionals, ACAT accredited professionals, and anyone interested in finding out more about CAT. They list CAT practitioners.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
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
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
£105.00 - £125.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Please get in touch via email for further information.
