Dr Richard McGerther
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About me
Do you feel like you’re carrying too much—but still pushing on because you don’t know how to stop?
Maybe you’ve lost touch with who you are. Perhaps you're feeling anxious, shut down, or stuck in emotional patterns you can’t explain. You might be living with trauma, chronic pain, or simply the weight of trying to keep it all together.
I offer a calm, compassionate space to pause. To breathe. To feel fully seen and heard—without judgment.
My approach is grounded in trauma-informed care, somatic therapy, and parts work. I believe every emotion—even the ones you wish you could get rid of—is a message from a part of you doing its best to protect you.
We’ll explore how different parts of you have taken on roles—some to protect, some to hide, some to perform strength—while other parts have been exiled or silenced. Through gentle, respectful exploration, you’ll begin to understand the inner conflict that may be driving your symptoms, and how to restore a sense of internal harmony.
You don’t have to fight yourself anymore.
You don’t have to be perfect to be worthy of healing.
And you don’t have to do this alone.
What to Expect
In our work together, I’ll support you in:
Understanding your emotional patterns and inner dynamics
Working through trauma responses with compassion, not force
Developing a relationship with your inner world that’s curious, kind, and empowering
Reconnecting with what I call your centred self—the calm, wise part of you that can lead with compassion rather than fear
You might feel a shift.
Less stuck. More you.
Not because we’ve pushed anything away, but because we’ve made room for everything to belong.
Whether you’re facing anxiety, trauma, chronic illness, neurodivergence, or the uncertainty of young adulthood, I’ll walk beside you at your pace—toward a life that feels more aligned, more connected, and more whole.
Training, qualifications & experience
With over 20 years in the healthcare and chronic pain sector, and the last five years focused on trauma and somatic therapy, I bring a depth of experience in supporting people through complex emotional and physical challenges.
My qualifications and training include:
Integrative Counselling (BACP-accredited)
Specialist training in Trauma-Informed Approaches
Somatic Therapy and Nervous System Regulation
Parts Work and Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Working with Anger, Rage and Relational Patterns
I have supported individuals with:
Complex trauma and PTSD
Anxiety, shame, and emotional overwhelm
Chronic illnesses such as POTS, EDS, Fibromyalgia, and FND
Autism and neurodivergence
Relationship challenges and identity issues
Emotional distress in young adulthood
My approach blends nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, and relational parts work, including the compassionate principles of PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy). I also draw from intergenerational trauma theory, helping clients understand how inherited patterns may be influencing their present experience.
At the core of everything I do is this:
You are not broken.
Every part of you is trying to help in the best way it knows how.
Together, we’ll create space for healing that is sustainable, deep, and truly yours.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
Free initial telephone or online session
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