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Break free from the shadow of trauma

Break free from the shadow of traumaBreak free from the shadow of traumaBreak free from the shadow of trauma

Depth counselling for trauma, addiction and the search for meaning, in Angel, Clerkenwell and online

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Do you want to break free from addiction, anxiety or some other way that trauma is casting a shadow over your life?

Overcoming the effects of trauma is about making our body and our life a safe place to be

The effects of trauma are often the problems which clients initially seek help with. I work most often with: 


  • Substance dependency


  • Problematic ways of coping, such as pornography use, gambling or gaming


  • Compulsive intimacy, emotional distance and other relational difficulties


  • Severe anxieties such as attacks of panic, intrusive thoughts and social anxiety


  • Persistent low mood and feelings of depression


  • Low self-esteem, body image and distressed eating


  • Other ways of thinking or behaving that have taken hold

Difference is welcome here

Difference is welcome here

Difference is welcome here

Trauma and distress can enter anyone's life. Some of us, though, carry more of it and find less support waiting, often because of who we are or how the world has treated us. In my room, you will not have to explain or defend your identity, your background or your relationships


Whoever you are, you will be met with respect and without judgement. I stay aware of my own position and of the ways difference can play out in therapy, so that the work stays about you

Lived experience

Difference is welcome here

Difference is welcome here

Born and raised in Scotland, I am a gay man in my fifties, living and working in London. If it matters to you to work with someone who understands difference from the inside, that is part of what I bring


Before I trained as a counsellor, I spent twenty years in professional services across the UK, Australia and Asia, which gives my practice both depth and a wide sense of the lives people lead


A serene landscape featuring mountains, a river, and a clear blue sky with a few clouds.

Close to Angel and Kings Cross stations

Depth counselling for trauma, addiction and the search for meaning

Book a free 30-minute call

I practise at Homa, situated just a short walk from Kings Cross and Angel in North London, in the heart of Clerkenwell


My fee is £85 for a 50-minute session. For clients who want to work in depth over the longer term, I offer a reduced rate. I accept Apple Pay, credit card and bank transfer. We can work short-term, long-term or open-ended, depending on what you need

Homa, 26 Lloyd Baker Street, London, WC1X 9AW

By Tube: The practice is a short walk from Angel Underground and Kings Cross Station


By Bus: The 30, 73, 205, 214, and 63 buses all stop within a short walk from the practice


By Car: The Homa Practice is inside the congestion zone. There are some pay-by-phone parking bays. Most are restricted to 4 hours



Visit Homa Website

My Asia Pacific online practice

I trained and practised in Australia and Hong Kong, and lived in the region for many years


I continue to see Asia-Pacific clients online, within the community of therapists at AMindset, one of Hong Kong's leading therapy and training organisations

Visit AMindset Website

I am a qualified, registered counsellor

Trained in the UK, Australia and Hong Kong

Working in depth with trauma, addiction and the search for meaning

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Qualifications

Master of Counselling, Monash University

Master of Narrative Therapy, University of Melbourne

One-year Trauma Recovery training, the Dulwich Centre


Registrations

Accredited registrant member (MNCPS Accred.) of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). An Accredited Register overseen by the Professional Standards Authority. I work to the NCPS Code of Ethics

I am also a registered member of Addiction Professionals, the UK body for the addictions field


International

I hold further registrations in Australia and Hong Kong (PACFA, ACA and HKPCA), where I trained and practised for many years

I do not work from a fixed script. I draw on several approaches and adapt them to you, and to what you need as our work together unfolds

Evidence-Based

Trauma-INFORMED & FOCUSED

Narrative Approach

Some of what I offer is drawn from well-researched approaches, including cognitive, mindfulness-based and body-focused (somatic) work


These can help you settle anxiety, steady a craving, or find some ground when distress feels overwhelming


They are a starting point, not the whole of the work


I have a Master's in Clinical Counselling


Narrative Approach

Trauma-INFORMED & FOCUSED

Narrative Approach

Narrative therapy starts from the idea that you are the expert on your own life, not me


Together we look at the stories you have come to live by, where they came from, and whether they still fit


Often the problem you are wrestling with is not you; it is something that has taken up residence


I have a Master's in Narrative Therapy


Trauma-INFORMED & FOCUSED

Trauma-INFORMED & FOCUSED

Trauma-INFORMED & FOCUSED

Trauma sits underneath a great deal of what brings people to me


It shapes how I work throughout, not only when we name it directly


It means going at a pace your body can bear. Paying as much attention to what happens below the neck as above it


I was trained in Trauma work at The Dulwich Centre

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