Patrick Fountain

Days of Availability:

Monday: morning/afternoon/evening

Tuesday: afternoon/evening

Wednesday: afternoon

Thursday: morning/afternoon/evening

Friday: morning/afternoon/evening

Session-times will vary, please get in-touch for current availability.

My hours of contact: Monday-Friday, 0900-1800.

Hello & Welcome,

At a certain point life can become difficult and perhaps you're struggling to understand and carry the weight of your feelings and experiences. Perhaps this is leaving you feeling many things such as overwhelmed, lost, alone, anxious, angry, confused or stuck whilst you fight your way through. Becoming a therapist emerged out of my own experiences and I feel privileged to help others explore and navigate their way through all that life has to throw at them. 

Exploring your experiences with someone who is not a family member or a friend can help in gaining relief, self-understanding, self-acceptance and help to build resilience and envision a way forward: this is what I would like to offer you. I am a fully-qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, including Diplomas in Level 4 & 5 Counselling, and a Master of Arts Degree in Counselling & Psychotherapy Practice. My approach is Humanistic and primarily Person-Centred meaning that exploration is led by you, your needs are at the centre of our work, you are the sole authority of your experiences and developing a therapeutic relationship based on acceptance, trust and openness is key to facilitating a meaningful experience.

A Humanistic stance emphasises meeting you as your unique self, to move away from imposing a need on you to change into what others may deem more acceptable and more accurately understand how you experience yourself and your unique place in the world. Depending on your needs, this could involve exploring how past experiences have shaped, present approaches to relationships, exploring just present-day experiences or exploring how you might envision your future. I believe that each person is unique, has a unique story and there is not one therapeutic approach that suits all.

As part of my commitment to ongoing personal and professional growth, I have undertaken learning such as:

• Workshops in Existential exploration in therapy, Existential philosophy & the Existential exploration of the human experience of anxiety
• Mindfulness
• Supporting and being curious about the lived experiences of Transgender and Non-Binary people
• Developing my understanding of the holistic effects of traumatic experiencing via academic/professional study to provide a 'trauma informed' approach.

My role will be to work in collaboration with you, to allow space to really hear you, support you and challenge you where appropriate, within a safe and comfortable environment based on trust, acceptance, kindness and without fear of judgment. Sessions are open-ended, so you get to choose how long you would like to commit. I don't claim to hold the answers or be an expert of you, but it is my hope that our time together may help you to find your own answers and a way forward within a caring and meaningful experience. As you embark on a unique investment in you, I would feel honoured to be part of your journey.

Making initial contact can be daunting but if you feel that we might be a good fit and would like to arrange a free initial conversation, then I look forward to hearing from you.

Contact me via the bacp, drop me an email at: pfcounselling@outlook.com, or contact me by phone on the number provided.