Neil Turner MA, MBACP, UKCP

About me

"How can you feel more free within yourself?" The style of my work is both Existential and Transpersonal. Part of our shared human experience is encountering feelings of fear, doubt and confusion. Being human also means that, despite our relationships, we tend to feel alone with these painful feelings. The aim of my work is to offer you a way to feel less isolated with your experiences and as a result develop insight into your life. This then enables new confidence within yourself and your relationships. I also offer various exercises and practices to explore in between sessions. Some of the queries we may explore together include;

"How do you want to live and how can you get there?"

"What is blocking you?"

"What does it mean to accept yourself?"

Much of my work has included working with - anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, self-doubt, stress, building self-confidence, relationships, bullying, self harm and sexuality. I have over 10 years experience, a masters degree in Psychotherapy and have practiced meditation for 30 years. Before training as a therapist I worked as a Designer.

Psychotherapy with me 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.

What to expect during the session

During your first session we explore the issues, check that psychotherapy is the right action for you and see how you feel about working with me. After that I offer 4 initial sessions as an assessment period. This allows time to really see whether working together can help you moving forward. At this point we review and if we agree that this is of benefit we would then continue our work together on a weekly basis.

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 reflect back what I hear 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 feel heard and understood. I also offer exercises and work to do in between sessions.

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.

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