Nigel Sutcliffe

I have availability and work from a very flexible approach to help reduce barriers for individuals seeking assistance. 

My practice as a counsellor is heavily grounded in a two-way principled approach that is motivated by a passion for empowering clients to a greater wellbeing. I trained as an integrative therapist and work from a relational approach. From my training and continuing professional development I believe the core theory within my own practice is making sure the client therapist relationship is in contact and in congruence, is collaborative, and client centred, my clients feel safe, supported.

I believe client are an autonomous self that aspire to reach their own therapeutic destinations, given the right conditions. I believe, no one client is the same and we all arrive at different destination needing different maps or signposts. The base of my work is psycho-dynamic, and I was always drawn to the fact that it looks at the whole client’s and their internal process, rather than focusing on just dealing with the symptoms. As an integrative therapist, I integrate Person Centred core conditions to establish relational depth.  I also a trauma specialist who is trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)

As an experienced counsellor, I understand people arrive at therapy with having lived different lives and having experienced different experiences. I work in a way that tailors the therapy approach to your needs by using an integrative manner, employing a variety of different modalities and techniques to help my clients in whatever way works best for them. More information on these methods can be found below.

I see my counselling role as an opportunity for me to walk beside you in a non-judgemental, empathetic and collaborative way, using the therapeutic skills I have learned through my own life experiences and my years of counselling work to help you get to a path to make the meaningful changes in your life that you are searching for.

As a therapist, I specialise in working with adolescent boys (aged 13 to 24) and Men, I also have extensive experience in working with LGBTQI+ community, depression, anxiety, behavioural issues, anger issues, sexuality, gender identity, adverse childhood experiences, problematic sexual behaviour, porn addiction / compulsions, trauma (using EMDR), sexual abuse and relationship issues.

I offer a sliding scale rate and try to be as flexible as possible to help reduce barriers for individuals to access support. In our initial sessions I see this as a opportunity for us to get to know each other and like to is "free association" as a intervention so you can have the space to talk openly and freely to begun to paint the picture of where you have come from.