Michael Everritt

I believe that in times like these it is only natural to feel anxious and depressed. It is only natural to be emotional. Perhaps you are tired of being made to feel like a problem to be solved? Are you fed up up of people trying to fix you when it is the world that is broken? You might have had a bad experience with therapy in the past? I hear you. As your therapist I will help you learn to recognise what your emotions are trying to tell you. I will help you to make peace with yourself and in doing so allow your self esteem to flourish.

Experience has taught me, for example, that anxiety can serve us well by keeping us on the ball. Fighting it would create the very inner conflict we want to avoid. What I have learned, what you can learn, is how to respond constructively to hard times and difficult circumstances. Everyone has the potential for personal growth, given the right conditions.

I’ve found that my approach works well with a lot of people. In particular, a lot of my clients have identified as disabled, chronically ill or neurodivergent. I know from my own lived experience with Dyspraxia that toxic positivity may well be the last thing you want to hear. Ableism is rife in our society so pretending disability does not negatively affect people is ludicrous. Instead, I have helped my clients to push back when they can and cope when they cannot. I don’t like labels but if I have to I will call this an Existential approach to therapy. 

Through therapy you can build your self esteem and the gain the confidence to meet the world head on. Above all else I believe that the act of attending therapy is theraputic. I for one found that even just taking an hour out of my week was worth its weight in gold. People tell me I bring a different kind of energy and integrity to therapy. Certainly, I try to offer sessions which are refreshingly centred around your lives experience. This can be done in Person at my Park Square practice room, via Zoom or even over the telephone.

I never make promises I don’t know I can keep. I promise therapy can help people, it did help me and it could help you.

Concessionary rates available on request