Neil Turner MA

About me

As a Integrative Psychotherapist I offer therapy for individuals and couples and specialise in - anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, self-doubt, stress, building self-confidence, relationships and sexuality. I have over 10 years experience and a masters degree in Psychotherapy. I am also an Artist and before training as a therapist I worked as a Designer.

Psychotherapy offers a unique opportunity to gain new perspectives that may not yet have been considered. This opens things up and anxious beliefs that may have been the cause of stress start to shift and change. As a result tension, fear, stress and confusion begins to ease as more possibilities and understandings arise.

What to expect

For individuals -

Our work together is confidential and is a space for you to talk about the things that are troubling you. These may be related to current situations or difficulties that you've been struggling with for some time. My job is to listen and help you get a sense of the patterns that may be keeping you stuck or causing distress. Together we then explore how best to move forward. It can be a huge relief to give voice to difficulties and be heard.

Below is what a recent client offered at the end of our work together -

“Therapy is not just about sitting and listening, it’s about actively choosing to make a change in the behaviors that are bringing you down. While this can be incredibly daunting, I have found that applying the techniques I learned in therapy have helped me immeasurably.” (2018)

For couples -

Often couples who come to work with me describe having lost connection with each other. This loss of connection is very painful and is often at the heart of most relationship conflict. I see much of my work as helping couples find their way back into connection.

We aren't taught how to be in a relationship or how best to express our needs and fully understand the needs of our partner. What I offer is an opportunity to learn new ways to communicate and as a result develop a deeper understanding of yourself, your partner and the relationship itself.

Here’s what a recent couple said at the end of our work together -

“Couples therapy has been such a wonderful, life-changing experience for me. I think there is a taboo about seeking help if you are a young couple and are not yet married or have children. I am so glad we came to see Neil; he has given us so many techniques and created a space in which to really get to know each other and consciously decide how we would like too cultivate our relationship.” (2018)

Some of the Issues I've worked with include -

• Fear & anxiety
• Self-doubt
• Partnerships & marriages
• Stress
• Loss and bereavement
• Addiction
• Social anxiety
• Sex and sexuality
• Relationship & family issues
  
• Sexual abuse
• Low self-esteem
• Depression
• LGBT issues
• Compulsive behaviour
• Body dysmorphia
• Trauma
• Affairs & betrayal
  
• Shame
  
• ME and health issues

"Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you." Oscar Wilde