Simon Baverstock B.A.(Hons), PgDip. UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist.

Hello and thank you for stopping by.

I am an experienced and qualified Integrative Relational psychotherapist and use my experience of talking and relating to you in sessions to understand your way of being in the world, how you make sense of it and how you relate to others. Together we might explore ways to notice or address what is getting in the way of your aims, happiness, fulfilment or goals.

Your journey is unique. Every time I've been listened to and understood I've come away feeling cared for and valued and have a new sense of my worth. I've learned that change is inevitable and that how I care for myself in the present affects my future.

I work with adults weekly (usually for an initial six sessions) who struggle with or feel overwhelmed by aspects of their lives. This might include a relationship, events, emotions or personal difficulties. Psychotherapy is an investment in you, an opportunity to look at what might seem like entrenched obstacles to your fulfilment in a safe and confidential space. Psychotherapy is a journey, undertaken in company, to learn, develop and grow.

You set the pace and the agenda. Within a strong, supporting alliance, you can reach attainable goals. Being listened to and feeling heard can bring immediate benefits. Long standing suffering can take a longer term to explore.

I use the CORE - Outcome Measures forms periodically through my clients' journeys, usually every 6 to 8 weeks. It's a way for us to monitor the effect and direction of your journey in therapy.

You can contact me by text, phone or email to arrange an appointment. Please leave me a message of what you're looking for if I am unable to answer your call. I will return your call when it is convenient. I aim to respond to all calls within 48 hours. I look forward to hearing from you.

I have worked with people with a wide range of experiences, some of which included but were not limited to chronic sadness, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, low self esteem, bereavement, end of life, suicidal thoughts, anger, obsessive behaviour, alcoholism, drug use, domestic violence, sexual violence, depression, childhood sexual abuse, and/or panic attacks.

I welcome and have worked with people with experience of psychosis and Dissociative Identity Disorder.

I invite you with warmth and respect to explore subjects of your choice with me at your pace. Confidentiality will be maintained unless I believe your life or someone else's is in danger, when I am compelled to break confidentiality by a court of law, or where information disclosed during a session is of such gravity that confidentiality cannot reasonably be expected to be maintained, for example, in cases of fraud or crime.