About me
Hi I'm Tom,
I'm a DBS-checked psychotherapist who works with adults, teenagers, and children.
The foundations of my training are in person-centred counselling, and I have further training in integrative and holistic psychotherapy. This means my approach is always shaped around you. The sessions will be flexible, built around our relationship and what you want to achieve, but also draw on practical tools that support your mind, body, spirit and the environments you inhabit.
I believe therapy is a space where we can be fully ourselves. Where we can speak freely, feel deeply, and explore who we are without pressure to perform or pretend. I believe in therapy connection is the most powerful driver, and in the great Professor Irvin Yalom’s opinion, that the therapeutic relationship is itself, above all, the healer.
That when we’re fully met, truly understood, and truly cared for, that’s when the work takes place, and the change begins to happen.
Person-to-person, heart to heart, smile to smile.
Background & perspective
Before training as a therapist, I worked as a journalist, writing about sport, masculinity, mental health, class, and culture. That experience still shapes my work today. I'm interested in how systems shape our inner lives - how culture can silence us, how pressure can harden us, and ultimately, how therapy can bring us back to something more human and more real.
How I work in simple terms
To build on my person-centred foundations, I also gently bring in approaches that help calm the nervous system and support deeper change, such as:
- Exploring how past experiences still live in the body
- Helping you understand and work with anxiety, anger, and emotional overwhelm
- Supporting self-worth and identity, especially after trauma or loss
- Practical tools for regulation, grounding, and emotional balance
- Looking at how relationships, environment, routine, nutrition, and stress affect how you feel
- Helping you move out of survival mode and into something more settled and connected.
You’re always in control - nothing is imposed, and everything is discussed collaboratively.
Words from previous clients…
"Tom was amazing at building a relationship with our 7-year-old quickly. He was not sleeping, having intrusive thoughts, developed a tic and was hand washing constantly. Within 3 weeks of seeing Tom, my son had stopped hand washing and was sleeping better. He now has lots of strategies to support himself when he is feeling like his mental health is suffering. Tom also helped us as parents how to manage some of my son's behaviours at home going forward. I would 100% recommend him to others." - Katy
"I’ve had 8 sessions with Tom so far, and I couldn’t imagine a more supportive therapist. I hold a lot of anxiety from past experiences, and Tom allows me to talk through my emotions with zero judgement, full support and empathy. I’m truly so grateful for everything he’s helped me with so far." - Florence
"I’ve tried counselling before, but never made much progress until this. Working with Tom the last few months, I’ve seen massive progress working through issues both past and present. Tom does a great job helping me to challenge and understand my thoughts & behaviours, then put measures in place to improve the things I’d like to manage differently. Would highly recommend." - Adam
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Current Training - Level 6 Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Holistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (HIP)
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (TC-L4)
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies (CST-L3)
- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills (CSK-L2)
- Core Competence for Working Therapeutically with Children & Young people
- Safeguarding for Counsellors working with Children & Young People
- ILM Level 3 Leadership & Management
- Education Studies (BEd)
Experience
- Counsellor at My Solution Wellbeing: 2025 -
- Counsellor at Chilwell School and Sixth Form: 2025
- Counsellor at CASY: 2024 - 2025
- Counsellor at Affordable Counselling Networking: 2024 - 2025
- Mentor at Change Grow Live: 2021-2023
- Football Manager at Beeston Old Boys Association: 2023-2024
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
Fees
£45.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I believe therapy should be accessible to everyone, regardless of circumstance.
I offer lower-cost spaces students, OAPs, and those who may not be in a position to pay the full fee. These sessions are offered on a sliding scale, depending on what feels manageable for you.
If you're interested in working together but are concerned about the cost, please feel free to get in touch. We can have an open conversation about what’s possible - no awkwardness, no pressure!
Principle before profit.
When I work
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Further information
What I can help with
Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Body/somatic therapy, Child related issues, Coach Therapist, Coercive control, Cultural issues, Depression, Development coaching, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Identity issues, LGBTQ+ counselling, Life coaching, Loss, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Narcissism, Neurodiversity, Obsessions, OCD, Personal development, Redundancy, Self esteem, Self-harm, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Vegan allied, Work related issues.
Types of therapy
Behavioural, Brief therapy, Cognitive, Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Person-centred, Play therapy.
How I deliver therapy
Online therapy, Long term sessions, Short-term sessions
