Hello - having found your way to this page, you're likely to be encountering something that no longer feels manageable on your own.​ 

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As a result, you may wondering among other things:

What is happening to me? How might therapy help? How do you work, Nathan? Is this actually worth the investment?

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I've tried to answer these along with some other common questions below in the hope that it may be of some help to your process.

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What is happening to me?

Everyone’s unique, so there’s no simple answer. But there are some ideas that usually provide a helpful place to begin.

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Finding yourself no longer coping is simply a sign that a part of you has become overwhelmed. This may follow a recent experience of pain, trauma or loss. More often, it’s the cumulative effect of a much longer pattern of avoiding difficult thoughts and feelings - usually because we learned, that this was the only way to keep going.

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The issue is that they don't go away, they accumulate in somewhere I call The Unsaid Space: a storeroom for the confusion, pain, grief and feelings we haven’t yet been able to explore or process.

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When it's capacity is reached, what we're carrying overflows and surfaces as anxiety, tension, low mood, numbness, exhaustion or among other things, feeling lost and alone. At the same time, our learned coping mechanisms - keeping busy, overthinking, staying strong, distracting ourselves or pushing on stop working as well as they once did.

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This is where therapy can help.

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How can therapy help?

A good therapeutic relationship creates a safe, compassionate space in which to meet, understand and gradually integrate the thoughts, feelings and experiences that have previously been difficult to process alone. The aim of it isn't to become someone else.

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It's to understand yourself so well that you no longer have to be driven by what has gone unsaid or unresolved. With time and some perseverance, therapy helps rebuild your confidence, resilience self respect and connection in the world. Enabling you to make clearer choices about how you want to live, rather than just getting by.

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How do you work Nathan?

I work in a creative and integrated way with a wide range of difficulties, from anxiety or low mood through to complex trauma. I tailor therapy to each person using far more than just dialogue - drawing on 1000's of hours working with people and their stories and various approaches I've studied along the way, including creative writing, focusing, movement, EMDR, TRE and others.

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My focus is on how you relate to your life - your thoughts, feelings, body and relationships. We explore the experiences and patterns that have shaped you, and how they influence your life today. As these become clearer, you can develop new ways of understanding yourself and responding to life.

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I offer weekly 50-minute sessions, or fortnightly extended 75-minute sessions. Both provide space for meaningful exploration and change.

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Is it worth it?

Hesitating because therapy feels like a significant investment is understandable. It’s worth considering though not only what therapy may cost, but what it might cost to spend another year(s), living with survival patterns that were once necessary, but may no longer help you in the present.

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How long will it take?

Everyone's different. Some people notice meaningful changes quickly; others find their patterns are deeper and so take longer to understand and shift.

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How do I start?

From wherever you are. There is no right way. You don't have to arrive knowing exactly what's wrong or what you want to say. Most people don't. They just begin with whatever feels most present, and we make sense of it together from there.​​ ​​I offer a free 20-minute introductory conversation to discuss your situation and see whether working together feels right for you. You can book one via the button below.

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Individual Fees

£85 per 50 minute weekly session

£125 per 75 minute fortnightly session

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​Family Fees

£110 per 50 minute session (2 people)

Additional family members £25 each.  

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If you'd like to hear what previous clients have said about working with me, you'll find some testimonials here.