About me
I’m Mike Mainwaring, I have worked with children and young people and adults for over 30 years specialising in substance misuse, mental health, self-harm, Care Experienced people, sexuality and gender. I help people with identity, sexuality and gender, anxiety and finding meaning in their lives. I am a practicing artist and a trained Art Psychotherapist. I use a variety of art materials in my work from nature based materials, clay, paint and other media. I qualified in 2024. I am gay, a trans ally and Cis gendered. I love to garden, use herbs for medicine and read poetry.
Training, qualifications & experience
The therapeutic approach I use is person-centred, I am non-directive and am led by the client. I have worked with LGBT young people using art therapy to explore issues around gender, sexuality, identity, self-harm, suicidal thoughts an d eating disorders. I have worked with women in groups around issues of domestic abuse.
- MA in Art Psychotherapy
- University of South Wales 2024
- Foundation in Psychotherapy and Counselling
- New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling 2007
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 HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£40.00 for students
Further information
Approaches:
- Art therapy
- Existential
- Humanistic
- Psychodynamic
