I am a Psychotherapist and Business Coach, working with clients over Zoom, throughout the UK and beyond.
I focus on chronic mental health including addiction, trauma and complex trauma.
I also help clients navigate the ‘meaning crisis’, the ‘meta crisis’ and global instability.
How I Work
I am fully trained in four psychotherapeutic approaches, and tailor treatment to each client’s needs and goals.
- Person‑centred therapy: I create a warm, respectful, non‑judgemental space where empathy and authenticity help you feel understood and able to explore change.
- Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (CBT): I use evidence‑based techniques to help you identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
- Creative Hypnotherapy: I work with your imagination and focused relaxation to support new ways of thinking and feeling.
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing): I offer a structured, trauma‑focused method to help process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact.
Addiction and recovery: my understanding is informed by long‑term participation in 12‑Step and Buddhist Recovery groups, which I integrate respectfully, if helpful.
Neuroscience‑informed option: I partner with Flow Neuroscience to offer clinician‑led tDCS (gentle transcranial electrical stimulation) as an adjunct for some clients with Major Depressive Disorder.
Clinician‑led treatment includes an equipment discount, remote monitoring, and an enhanced stimulation protocol. As with all interventions, I will discuss suitability, evidence, and alternatives before any treatment.
Additional training: I have training and/or experience in Schema Therapy, Gestalt Psychotherapy, NLP coaching, Treatment Resistance Depression and mindfulness and meditation (I have also authored a short book on meditation and mental health).
When clients wish to explore work, business or systemic issues I draw upon my undergraduate studies in Business and Finance and postgraduate studies in both occupational psychology and organisational research. I combine psychological, sociological and organisational perspectives to understand client difficulties in context.
In addition to being a Senior Accredited Psychotherapist I am also a Chartered Psychologist and a sociologist.
Current Interests and focus: I am interested in the politics of mind, connecting spiritual traditions with contemporary psychotherapy, and the links between Western esotericism and modern psychology.
I am also interested in the ‘search for meaning’ in an increasingly algorithmic and AI generated reality.
As societies face increasing economic and geopolitical instability, I am especially focused on practical strategies to help individuals, families, businesses and communities build resilience and thrive.
Career Highlights
I have worked across sectors — as a trainee insurance underwriter; counselling and interpersonal communication skills trainer; psychology lecturer; sociologist at a Silicon Valley systems research laboratory; BA Health Studies course leader; trainee therapist in an NHS psychiatric day unit; massage and sports-injury therapist; CEO of an HIV charity; clinical supervisor; regional radio contributor; writer; and even had a go at stand‑up comedy!
I did not always enjoy or excel in every role, but each experience deepened my commitment to helping people. Since 1995 I have worked as a psychotherapist and business coach in private practice.
Protecting Your Confidentiality Online
To keep you safe, I hold meetings over an End-to-End encrypted Zoom call. This means that our conversations are not decrypted on Zoom servers, AI services are automatically suspended, and our conversations cannot be used for AI ‘training data’.
To protect you in the event of a data breach, my client notes are password protected, stored on an encrypted server, and do not contain any information that might identify you. Personal information, like your name or address, are stored on paper, not on your digital notes.
My Therapeutic Style
As I draw from a wide range of training and experience, I tailor my approach to the needs of each individual client. This doesn’t make me perfect, or fallible, but it does mean I have the flexibility to work across different presenting issues with a range of techniques or approaches. This is ideal for clients with complex needs working over longer time frames.
I undertake to work in a trauma informed way with every client. As my career has progressed, it has become obvious from the research, that trauma lay at the root of much of the suffering and addictions clients experience. EMDR has established itself as a useful treatment for some people, and this, in conjunction with other trauma informed practices, means that we now have more effective options to help clients trauma than we did at the start of my career.
There are many similarities and differences between psychotherapy and business coaching. Why I like to offer both is that I can work in ways to limit self defeating behaviours, and work to optimise wellbeing, often in the same client, and at the same time. Some clients initially hire me for help with a mental health crises but stay to optimise their business success.
For me, business coaching is more than just holding you accountable, it is also about conveying knowledge and skills to understand how teams and organisations function. Increasing your self awareness in relation to your business systems and relationships, and understanding how to leverage that for competitive advantage, is therefore central to my business coaching style.
I believe psychotherapists should continually work on themselves. In addition to mandatory clinical supervision and professional development, I also attend personal therapy.
Whatever you feel you need, and even if you don’t know what ‘help’ might look like right now, I’m happy to meet online for a free initial consultation to discuss your options.
Online Presence
I have recently stripped back my online presence, and starting with this website, began the process of repositioning my content for the next 10 years.
In Meditation and Mental Health I will put all the relevant resources I have created on this topic in one place. Now they are distributed haphazard across the internet so having them on one site will amplify their impact. It is also a good opportunity to refresh, and probably rename, my book on the topic.
In Men Making Things Better, I want to honour that most men derive meaning from supporting and protecting their friends, families, businesses and communities. In these troubled, uncertain, and often confusing times, it can be overwhelming knowing how to respond, stay resilient and thrive.
This site will build a community of men of all ages determined to overcome this challenge and, in so doing, become part of the solution. The success of the group will be measured in friendships formed, community forged and skills shared. It will be less about consuming more content, and more about sharing what we already know, so together, we can mentor and support each other and figure out how we can make our world the best it can be.
A quick WARNING about – m e n s t h e r a p y . c o . u k – This site is not owned by me, yet they illegally claim to be me. I guess I should take it as a compliment! I am in the process of having the site taken down and prosecuted, but until that happens, the only way you can contact me is here.
Finally, in my life I have studied a lot, but rarely expressed the conclusions I have formed in books, writing or film. This is about to change. How this unfolds on platforms like YouTube, Patreon, Substack and podcasts will be an interesting adventure for me, as nothing is finalised, and everything is still possible! I expect some will judge what I have to say as a little controversial … and to be honest … that will make it fun.
I would love to have you join me as I create these new projects. Please subscribe to my free email list and I will send you developments in real time …
