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

Hello, and thankyou for stopping by. I wonder what has brought you here, and what you are looking for.

I am an Integrative Relational Psychotherapist and I use my experience of you in sessions to understand your way of being in the world.

I work with individuals weekly or more often (usually for a minimum of six weeks) who have experience of life, some of which they struggle with. These might include but not be limited to anxiety, sadness, depression, panic or loss.

I offer you a safe and confidential space to explore your experience.

You set the pace and the agenda. My agenda is to support you. 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 unravel and resolve.

Congratulations if you have decided to seek support. Wild horses would not have dragged me to therapy had I not first known a therapist as a friend at a time of crisis who showed me kindness. That was the start of a journey of transition that has taken me to places I would not have believed but have valued ever since. Your journey is unique. Every time I've been listened to and understood I've come away feeling cared for and valued and have possessed a new sense of my worth. I've learned that change is inevitable and that how I care for myself in the present affects me in my future.

Psychotherapy need not only be about facing unpleasant emotions or experiences in company. I am equally willing to explore or witness your happiness or success. You may wish to undertake a journey of exploration or self development. Please see below for details of confidentiality.

While some Covid distancing restrictions are being relaxed I consider that the threat presented by close confinement presents a significant risk of virus transmission so for your safety and mine I continue to offer psychotherapy sessions by telephone or secure online video call.

I use the CORE - Outcome Measures forms periodically through my clients' journeys if they are willing as a way to monitor the effect and direction of my clients' psychotherapy.

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 have worked with people with a wide range of experiences, some of which included but were not limited to sadness, 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.