About me
Do you feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in patterns you can’t shift? Are past experiences — trauma, grief, or difficult relationships — still affecting your present? You don’t have to face it alone.
I offer a calm, compassionate space where you can feel truly heard, and where we can gently explore what you’re feeling, why it’s there, and how you can begin to move forward. My approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and shaped to your individual needs. We’ll go at your pace — uncovering patterns, building resilience, and working towards lasting change.
I work with people facing trauma, anxiety, relationship struggles, addiction, and deeper questions of meaning, identity, or self-worth. As someone in long-term recovery and a practising Catholic, I also support clients exploring the connection between faith and emotional wellbeing — whether that means integrating spirituality or healing from religious wounding.
Above all, I offer a warm and respectful space where both soul and psyche are welcome.
Training, qualifications & experience
I’ve been working in mental health since the late 1990s, beginning my career as a mental health nurse in the NHS. I later trained as a psychotherapist and have worked across a range of NHS and private settings.
My core psychotherapy training is in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), which continues to shape my integrative and relational approach. In addition to CAT, I am trained in:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)
Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
This range of approaches allows me to tailor therapy to each individual, drawing on both cognitive and body-based methods for healing trauma and supporting emotional growth.
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
£90.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Please get in touch via email for further information.
When I work
Flexible
