Tom Cowan
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About me
Person-Centred Counselling Online
Have you been experiencing challenges that are negatively impacting your mental health?
Have you found it difficult to open up to friends, family, partners or colleagues for fear of being judged or misunderstood, leaving you unseen and unheard?
Counselling provides a supportive, inclusive and affirmative relationship to share the issues that matter to you, at your own pace and in your own way.
Online counselling is a convenient way for you to access therapy from a place of your choosing.
Common issues I work with
Together we can look at a range of issues that might be affecting you such as:
- Anxiety, depression/low mood
- Addictions/unwanted or compulsive behaviours behaviours
- Trauma/abuse
- Work pressures including burnout
- Family challenges
- Bereavement/loss
- Gender, transitioning
- Sexual desire, sexual issues
- Sexuality
- Relationships including communication, boundaries, endings, opening up, polyamory.
- LGBTQ+ affirmative
- ADHD/Autism
- Neuro-difference
- Any other issues that are impacting your life right now.
What I can offer you
I'm a person-centred counsellor. I'm here to offer you a space to be yourself. An opportunity for you to think, feel, sense and share what's happening in your world.
Do you ever have that experience of wishing you could say what was really going on but holding back?
Do you push down your own feelings and needs, offer a 'smile' or an 'I'm fine' when really you want to let it all out and take up some space?
We can do that together. You can be real, honest, expressive and however else you need to be.
Session length, frequency, cost and concessions
I offer sessions on a weekly basis and a 50 minute session is £60.
I have a small number of concessionary places available for people on benefits and under 25s. Please ask about this if this applies to you.
Training, qualifications & experience
Who I work with
I work with adults and young people (16+) providing a specialist counselling service covering trauma, addiction, gender, sexuality, ADHD & Autism, anxiety, depression, health problems, sexual issues and relationships.
Are you experiencing...
- worry or anxiety
- depression or low mood
- recurring thoughts and feelings related to traumatic events
- negative or intrusive thoughts
- stress, overwhelming emotions or burnout
- difficulty communicating your needs in intimate relationships
- feelings of loneliness or isolation
- issues around sex, sexuality or gender
- loss or bereavement
- addiction and negative habits
- challenges related to ADHD/Autism
Would you like to...
- feel calm and connected
- be respected, valued and heard
- take steps to improve your mental health
- reduce distress and anxiety
- experience more positive thoughts and feelings towards yourself and others
- discover more meaning, direction and purpose in your life
- develop more confidence communicating in your relationships with others
realise your potential to grow, change and flourish - be supported to find strategies and solutions that work for you
If you've answered yes to any of the above then we may be a good match. If you'd like to take the next step and learn more about how I work and share a little about yourself, join me for a free and confidential 20 minute video consultation.
Are you curious about my qualifications?
- BA (Hons) Degree from Metanoia Institute in Person-Centred Counselling - First Class
- Environmentally Based Therapies (Ecotherapy) Certificate from Tariki Buddhist Trust.
- Sports & Remedial Massage Therapist, NLSSM
- Registered Yoga Teacher 500HR Yoga Alliance
- Total Yoga Nidra Teacher - Yoga Nidra Network
Member organisations
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
What I offer
I offer sessions on a weekly basis. I have kept my cost fixed at £60 for 50 minutes until 2024.
I offer a small number of concessionary appointments during the day for those on benefits and under 25s.
When I work
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Further information
How sessions are conducted
All sessions are held using the online video platform Zoom which can be downloaded to your phone, iPad or laptop here: https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting.
It is free for you to download and use.
I also offer counselling sessions over the phone for people who prefer not to use screens or for those who would like more flexibility ie. connecting from a place in nature.
I offer sessions from Tuesday - Thursday between 9am - 5pm.
