Nicholas Morwood

Nicholas Morwood


Registered Member M麻豆原创

Contact information

Contact Nicholas


The information outlined in this listing is not to be used for advertising or marketing purposes.

Therapist - London

London E1
Sessions from £70.00

Features

Availability

I currently have limited availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I work online, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm.

Please note that, in order to ensure the highest standard of care, I follow the 麻豆原创 guidelines of limiting myself to 20 clients per week. I close my booking system without notice whenever I reach this number. I update this page when that happens, but there may be some lag.

About me and my therapy practice

I'm Nick, and welcome to my trauma-informed psychotherapy practice. I welcome all adult clients, and often work with survivors of narcissistic, parental and partner mistreatment and/or abuse. I specialise in helping people experiencing symptoms associated with single or repeated traumas, sometimes called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/PTSD, or Complex-PTSD/C-PTSD. These symptoms include overwhelming or inexplicable anger, sadness, low self-worth, forgetfulness, burnout, sleep disturbances and addiction.

My rates are 拢70 per session, and I currently have limited daytime availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I will work with you by creating the conditions for neuroplasticity and post-traumatic growth. Doing this means that anyone can change themselves and their lives for the better, given the appropriate support and environment, no matter how impossible that might seem in the present moment. In the service of this process, I like to help clients experience safer, more fulfilling social relationships, and to attract better people into their lives. I thus work extensively with healing unsafe and insecure relationship attachment.

I ground my work in my core values of kindness, ethics, authenticity and integrity. I qualified from Inter Psyche, the only counselling and psychotherapy training centre based within the NHS. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (麻豆原创 - member 410218). I used to work in academia, holding a PhD in literature from the University of Toronto. This background enables me to support my clinical work with ongoing research.

I practise exclusively online via Zoom. While this lacks the immediacy of face to face work, it can lower the time and energy costs for clients who conduct the kind of longer term work that recovery from trauma entails. If you would like to make a booking, please visit my website or contact me here.

Practice description

Underpinning all my work is a commitment to trauma-informed practice. This means that I take care to approach my clients with the knowledge that over 70% of people will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime. Traumas include loss of relationships or marriage, bereavement, and emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

While each of us is an individual, with unique experiences, beliefs and identities, we are united by a common nervous system, neurochemistry and neurobiology. I know, therefore, that unprocessed trauma may have happened in the past, but traumatic memories and behaviours still exist in the present, which might be making it hard for us to live the lives we want to live.

Trauma can persist in forms like sensory or emotional flashbacks; relational challenges such as insecure attachments styles; cognitive distortions such as negative self-image; dissociation and disembodiment such as lack of connection to emotions and of who we are inside; and other unconscious behaviours that were once crucial to survival, but may now not be serving us. Indeed, many clients do not even consciously realise that they have been traumatised, and live their lives full of self-recrimination for why they feel different or not good enough.

Trauma-informed care acknowledges that people react to trauma in such largely predictable ways, and have specific needs in order to heal. Such work can be transformative, enabling deeply powerful exploration and mourning of the past experiences that may still haunt us in the present. This can lead to leaving those memories in the past, along with the emotions, reactions and behaviours that accompany them, integrating them into a life that is not defined by the past. Ultimately, this journey supports you on your path toward post-traumatic growth, which can be one of the most profound processes of the human condition.

Please see my website if you are curious about trauma-adjacent symptoms, and would like more detail.

My first session

I have personal therapy too, so I know how difficult it can be to step into your first therapy session with a new therapist. We will work collaboratively and at a pace that is sustainable for you. I will use my knowledge to guide you, but you are the expert in your life and in what feels right for you. It is a myth that you must always be talking about difficult or upsetting subjects in order to be 鈥渄oing therapy.鈥 In fact, rushing into this kind of work can be unsafe and harmful. Your safety and well-being are my first priority, and I will always treat you with warmth and compassion. I enjoy meeting new clients, and I believe you will experience that.

I use an initial paid 50-minute assessment to allow us to explore how well we might be able to work together. I will discuss with you what you hope to gain from therapy, some of your history, and what working with me might be like for you. I also like for you to find out how you feel in your body and brain as we work together. The work of attuning more deeply to our whole organism, and becoming able to trust the signals that our nervous system gives us about our lives, can be one of the most valuable journeys we can take together in therapy. I like to make the first steps down that path together as we begin our work.

What I can help with

Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Addictions, Anger management, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Depression, Identity issues, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Neurodiversity, Obsessions, OCD, Post-traumatic stress, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma

Types of therapy

Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Transactional analysis

Clients I work with

Adults

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Online therapy, Short term sessions

Therapist - London

London W1G
Sessions from £70.00

Features

Availability

I currently have limited availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I work online, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm.

Please note that, in order to ensure the highest standard of care, I follow the 麻豆原创 guidelines of limiting myself to 20 clients per week. I close my booking system without notice whenever I reach this number. I update this page when that happens, but there may be some lag.

About me and my therapy practice

I'm Nick, and welcome to my trauma-informed psychotherapy practice. I welcome all adult clients, and often work with survivors of narcissistic, parental and partner mistreatment and/or abuse. I specialise in helping people experiencing symptoms associated with single or repeated traumas, sometimes called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/PTSD, or Complex-PTSD/C-PTSD. These symptoms include overwhelming or inexplicable anger, sadness, low self-worth, forgetfulness, burnout, sleep disturbances and addiction.

My rates are 拢70 per session, and I currently have limited daytime availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I will work with you by creating the conditions for neuroplasticity and post-traumatic growth. Doing this means that anyone can change themselves and their lives for the better, given the appropriate support and environment, no matter how impossible that might seem in the present moment. In the service of this process, I like to help clients experience safer, more fulfilling social relationships, and to attract better people into their lives. I thus work extensively with healing unsafe and insecure relationship attachment.

I ground my work in my core values of kindness, ethics, authenticity and integrity. I qualified from Inter Psyche, the only counselling and psychotherapy training centre based within the NHS. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (麻豆原创 - member 410218). I used to work in academia, holding a PhD in literature from the University of Toronto. This background enables me to support my clinical work with ongoing research.

I practise exclusively online via Zoom. While this lacks the immediacy of face to face work, it can lower the time and energy costs for clients who conduct the kind of longer term work that recovery from trauma entails. If you would like to make a booking, please visit my website or contact me here.

Practice description

Underpinning all my work is a commitment to trauma-informed practice. This means that I take care to approach my clients with the knowledge that over 70% of people will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime. Traumas include loss of relationships or marriage, bereavement, and emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

While each of us is an individual, with unique experiences, beliefs and identities, we are united by a common nervous system, neurochemistry and neurobiology. I know, therefore, that unprocessed trauma may have happened in the past, but traumatic memories and behaviours still exist in the present, which might be making it hard for us to live the lives we want to live.

Trauma can persist in forms like sensory or emotional flashbacks; relational challenges such as insecure attachments styles; cognitive distortions such as negative self-image; dissociation and disembodiment such as lack of connection to emotions and of who we are inside; and other unconscious behaviours that were once crucial to survival, but may now not be serving us. Indeed, many clients do not even consciously realise that they have been traumatised, and live their lives full of self-recrimination for why they feel different or not good enough.

Trauma-informed care acknowledges that people react to trauma in such largely predictable ways, and have specific needs in order to heal. Such work can be transformative, enabling deeply powerful exploration and mourning of the past experiences that may still haunt us in the present. This can lead to leaving those memories in the past, along with the emotions, reactions and behaviours that accompany them, integrating them into a life that is not defined by the past. Ultimately, this journey supports you on your path toward post-traumatic growth, which can be one of the most profound processes of the human condition.

Please see my website if you are curious about trauma-adjacent symptoms, and would like more detail.

My first session

I have personal therapy too, so I know how difficult it can be to step into your first therapy session with a new therapist. We will work collaboratively and at a pace that is sustainable for you. I will use my knowledge to guide you, but you are the expert in your life and in what feels right for you. It is a myth that you must always be talking about difficult or upsetting subjects in order to be 鈥渄oing therapy.鈥 In fact, rushing into this kind of work can be unsafe and harmful. Your safety and well-being are my first priority, and I will always treat you with warmth and compassion. I enjoy meeting new clients, and I believe you will experience that.

I use an initial paid 50-minute assessment to allow us to explore how well we might be able to work together. I will discuss with you what you hope to gain from therapy, some of your history, and what working with me might be like for you. I also like for you to find out how you feel in your body and brain as we work together. The work of attuning more deeply to our whole organism, and becoming able to trust the signals that our nervous system gives us about our lives, can be one of the most valuable journeys we can take together in therapy. I like to make the first steps down that path together as we begin our work.

What I can help with

Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Addictions, Anger management, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Depression, Identity issues, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Neurodiversity, Obsessions, OCD, Post-traumatic stress, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma

Types of therapy

Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Relational, Transactional analysis

Clients I work with

Adults

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Online therapy, Short term sessions

Therapist - London

London SE18
Sessions from £70.00

Features

Availability

I currently have limited availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I work online, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm.

Please note that, in order to ensure the highest standard of care, I follow the 麻豆原创 guidelines of limiting myself to 20 clients per week. I close my booking system without notice whenever I reach this number. I update this page when that happens, but there may be some lag.

About me and my therapy practice

I'm Nick, and welcome to my trauma-informed psychotherapy practice. I welcome all adult clients, and often work with survivors of narcissistic, parental and partner mistreatment and/or abuse. I specialise in helping people experiencing symptoms associated with single or repeated traumas, sometimes called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/PTSD, or Complex-PTSD/C-PTSD. These symptoms include overwhelming or inexplicable anger, sadness, low self-worth, forgetfulness, burnout, sleep disturbances and addiction.

My rates are 拢70 per session, and I currently have limited daytime availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I will work with you by creating the conditions for neuroplasticity and post-traumatic growth. Doing this means that anyone can change themselves and their lives for the better, given the appropriate support and environment, no matter how impossible that might seem in the present moment. In the service of this process, I like to help clients experience safer, more fulfilling social relationships, and to attract better people into their lives. I thus work extensively with healing unsafe and insecure relationship attachment.

I ground my work in my core values of kindness, ethics, authenticity and integrity. I qualified from Inter Psyche, the only counselling and psychotherapy training centre based within the NHS. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (麻豆原创 - member 410218). I used to work in academia, holding a PhD in literature from the University of Toronto. This background enables me to support my clinical work with ongoing research.

I practise exclusively online via Zoom. While this lacks the immediacy of face to face work, it can lower the time and energy costs for clients who conduct the kind of longer term work that recovery from trauma entails. If you would like to make a booking, please visit my website or contact me here.

Practice description

Underpinning all my work is a commitment to trauma-informed practice. This means that I take care to approach my clients with the knowledge that over 70% of people will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime. Traumas include loss of relationships or marriage, bereavement, and emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

While each of us is an individual, with unique experiences, beliefs and identities, we are united by a common nervous system, neurochemistry and neurobiology. I know, therefore, that unprocessed trauma may have happened in the past, but traumatic memories and behaviours still exist in the present, which might be making it hard for us to live the lives we want to live.

Trauma can persist in forms like sensory or emotional flashbacks; relational challenges such as insecure attachments styles; cognitive distortions such as negative self-image; dissociation and disembodiment such as lack of connection to emotions and of who we are inside; and other unconscious behaviours that were once crucial to survival, but may now not be serving us. Indeed, many clients do not even consciously realise that they have been traumatised, and live their lives full of self-recrimination for why they feel different or not good enough.

Trauma-informed care acknowledges that people react to trauma in such largely predictable ways, and have specific needs in order to heal. Such work can be transformative, enabling deeply powerful exploration and mourning of the past experiences that may still haunt us in the present. This can lead to leaving those memories in the past, along with the emotions, reactions and behaviours that accompany them, integrating them into a life that is not defined by the past. Ultimately, this journey supports you on your path toward post-traumatic growth, which can be one of the most profound processes of the human condition.

Please see my website if you are curious about trauma-adjacent symptoms, and would like more detail.

My first session

I have personal therapy too, so I know how difficult it can be to step into your first therapy session with a new therapist. We will work collaboratively and at a pace that is sustainable for you. I will use my knowledge to guide you, but you are the expert in your life and in what feels right for you. It is a myth that you must always be talking about difficult or upsetting subjects in order to be 鈥渄oing therapy.鈥 In fact, rushing into this kind of work can be unsafe and harmful. Your safety and well-being are my first priority, and I will always treat you with warmth and compassion. I enjoy meeting new clients, and I believe you will experience that.

I use an initial paid 50-minute assessment to allow us to explore how well we might be able to work together. I will discuss with you what you hope to gain from therapy, some of your history, and what working with me might be like for you. I also like for you to find out how you feel in your body and brain as we work together. The work of attuning more deeply to our whole organism, and becoming able to trust the signals that our nervous system gives us about our lives, can be one of the most valuable journeys we can take together in therapy. I like to make the first steps down that path together as we begin our work.

What I can help with

Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Depression, Loss, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Neurodiversity, Post-traumatic stress, Relationships, Service veterans, Trauma

Types of therapy

Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Transactional analysis

Clients I work with

Adults

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Online therapy, Short term sessions

Therapist - Twickenham

Twickenham TW2
Sessions from £70.00

Features

Availability

I currently have limited availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I work online, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm.

Please note that, in order to ensure the highest standard of care, I follow the 麻豆原创 guidelines of limiting myself to 20 clients per week. I close my booking system without notice whenever I reach this number. I update this page when that happens, but there may be some lag.

About me and my therapy practice

I'm Nick, and welcome to my trauma-informed psychotherapy practice. I welcome all adult clients, and often work with survivors of narcissistic, parental and partner mistreatment and/or abuse. I specialise in helping people experiencing symptoms associated with single or repeated traumas, sometimes called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/PTSD, or Complex-PTSD/C-PTSD. These symptoms include overwhelming or inexplicable anger, sadness, low self-worth, forgetfulness, burnout, sleep disturbances and addiction.

My rates are 拢70 per session, and I currently have limited daytime availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I will work with you by creating the conditions for neuroplasticity and post-traumatic growth. Doing this means that anyone can change themselves and their lives for the better, given the appropriate support and environment, no matter how impossible that might seem in the present moment. In the service of this process, I like to help clients experience safer, more fulfilling social relationships, and to attract better people into their lives. I thus work extensively with healing unsafe and insecure relationship attachment.

I ground my work in my core values of kindness, ethics, authenticity and integrity. I qualified from Inter Psyche, the only counselling and psychotherapy training centre based within the NHS. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (麻豆原创 - member 410218). I used to work in academia, holding a PhD in literature from the University of Toronto. This background enables me to support my clinical work with ongoing research.

I practise exclusively online via Zoom. While this lacks the immediacy of face to face work, it can lower the time and energy costs for clients who conduct the kind of longer term work that recovery from trauma entails. If you would like to make a booking, please visit my website or contact me here.

Practice description

Underpinning all my work is a commitment to trauma-informed practice. This means that I take care to approach my clients with the knowledge that over 70% of people will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime. Traumas include loss of relationships or marriage, bereavement, and emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

While each of us is an individual, with unique experiences, beliefs and identities, we are united by a common nervous system, neurochemistry and neurobiology. I know, therefore, that unprocessed trauma may have happened in the past, but traumatic memories and behaviours still exist in the present, which might be making it hard for us to live the lives we want to live.

Trauma can persist in forms like sensory or emotional flashbacks; relational challenges such as insecure attachments styles; cognitive distortions such as negative self-image; dissociation and disembodiment such as lack of connection to emotions and of who we are inside; and other unconscious behaviours that were once crucial to survival, but may now not be serving us. Indeed, many clients do not even consciously realise that they have been traumatised, and live their lives full of self-recrimination for why they feel different or not good enough.

Trauma-informed care acknowledges that people react to trauma in such largely predictable ways, and have specific needs in order to heal. Such work can be transformative, enabling deeply powerful exploration and mourning of the past experiences that may still haunt us in the present. This can lead to leaving those memories in the past, along with the emotions, reactions and behaviours that accompany them, integrating them into a life that is not defined by the past. Ultimately, this journey supports you on your path toward post-traumatic growth, which can be one of the most profound processes of the human condition.

Please see my website if you are curious about trauma-adjacent symptoms, and would like more detail.

My first session

I have personal therapy too, so I know how difficult it can be to step into your first therapy session with a new therapist. We will work collaboratively and at a pace that is sustainable for you. I will use my knowledge to guide you, but you are the expert in your life and in what feels right for you. It is a myth that you must always be talking about difficult or upsetting subjects in order to be 鈥渄oing therapy.鈥 In fact, rushing into this kind of work can be unsafe and harmful. Your safety and well-being are my first priority, and I will always treat you with warmth and compassion. I enjoy meeting new clients, and I believe you will experience that.

I use an initial paid 50-minute assessment to allow us to explore how well we might be able to work together. I will discuss with you what you hope to gain from therapy, some of your history, and what working with me might be like for you. I also like for you to find out how you feel in your body and brain as we work together. The work of attuning more deeply to our whole organism, and becoming able to trust the signals that our nervous system gives us about our lives, can be one of the most valuable journeys we can take together in therapy. I like to make the first steps down that path together as we begin our work.

What I can help with

Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Addictions, Anger management, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Depression, Identity issues, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Neurodiversity, Obsessions, OCD, Post-traumatic stress, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma

Types of therapy

Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Transactional analysis

Clients I work with

Adults

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Online therapy, Short term sessions

Therapist - London

London W4
Sessions from £70.00

Features

Availability

I currently have limited availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I work online, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm.

Please note that, in order to ensure the highest standard of care, I follow the 麻豆原创 guidelines of limiting myself to 20 clients per week. I close my booking system without notice whenever I reach this number. I update this page when that happens, but there may be some lag.

About me and my therapy practice

I'm Nick, and welcome to my trauma-informed psychotherapy practice. I welcome all adult clients, and often work with survivors of narcissistic, parental and partner mistreatment and/or abuse. I specialise in helping people experiencing symptoms associated with single or repeated traumas, sometimes called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/PTSD, or Complex-PTSD/C-PTSD. These symptoms include overwhelming or inexplicable anger, sadness, depression, anxiety, low self-worth, forgetfulness, burnout, sleep disturbances and addiction.  

My rates are 拢70 per session, and I currently have limited daytime availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I will work with you by creating the conditions for neuroplasticity and post-traumatic growth. Doing this means that anyone can change themselves and their lives for the better, given the appropriate support and environment, no matter how impossible that might seem in the present moment. In the service of this process, I like to help clients experience safer, more fulfilling social relationships, and to attract better people into their lives. I thus work extensively with healing unsafe and insecure relationship attachment.  

I ground my work in my core values of kindness, ethics, authenticity and integrity. I qualified from Inter Psyche, the only counselling and psychotherapy training centre based within the NHS. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (麻豆原创 - member 410218). I used to work in academia, holding a PhD in literature from the University of Toronto. This background enables me to support my clinical work with ongoing research. 

I practise exclusively online via Zoom. While this lacks the immediacy of face to face work, it can lower the time and energy costs for clients who conduct the kind of longer term work that recovery from trauma entails. If you would like to make a booking, please visit my website or contact me here.

Practice description

Underpinning all my work is a commitment to trauma-informed practice. This means that I take care to approach my clients with the knowledge that over 70% of people will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime. Traumas include loss of relationships or marriage, bereavement, and emotional, physical and sexual abuse. 

While each of us is an individual, with unique experiences, beliefs and identities, we are united by a common nervous system, neurochemistry and neurobiology. Unprocessed trauma may have happened in the past, but traumatic memories and behaviours still exist in the present, which can make it hard for us to live the lives we want to live.

Trauma can persist in forms like sensory or emotional flashbacks; relational challenges such as insecure attachments styles; cognitive distortions such as negative self-image; dissociation and disembodiment such as lack of connection to emotions and of who we are inside; and other unconscious behaviours that were once crucial to survival, but may now not be serving us. Indeed, many clients do not even consciously realise that they have been traumatised, and live their lives full of self-recrimination for why they feel different or not good enough. 

Trauma-informed care acknowledges that people react to trauma in such largely predictable ways, and have specific needs in order to heal. Such work can be transformative, enabling deeply powerful exploration and mourning of the past experiences that may still haunt us in the present. This can lead to leaving those memories in the past, along with the emotions, reactions and behaviours that accompany them, integrating them into a life that is not defined by the past. Ultimately, this journey supports you on your path toward post-traumatic growth, which can be one of the most profound processes of the human condition.

Please see my website if you are curious about trauma-adjacent symptoms, and would like more detail.

My first session

I have personal therapy too, so I know how difficult it can be to step into your first therapy session with a new therapist. We will work collaboratively and at a pace that is sustainable for you. I will use my knowledge to guide you, but you are the expert in your life and in what feels right for you. It is a myth that you must always be talking about difficult or upsetting subjects in order to be 鈥渄oing therapy.鈥 In fact, rushing into this kind of work can be unsafe and harmful. Your safety and well-being are my first priority, and I will always treat you with warmth and compassion. I enjoy meeting new clients, and I believe you will experience that.

鈥婭 use an initial paid 50-minute assessment to allow us to explore how well we might be able to work together. I will discuss with you what you hope to gain from therapy, some of your history, and what working with me might be like for you. I also like for you to find out how you feel in your body and brain as we work together. The work of attuning more deeply to our whole organism, and becoming able to trust the signals that our nervous system gives us about our lives, can be one of the most valuable journeys we can take together in therapy. I like to make the first steps down that path together as we begin our work.

What I can help with

Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Addictions, Anger management, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Depression, Identity issues, LGBTQ+ counselling, Loss, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Neurodiversity, Obsessions, OCD, Post-traumatic stress, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma

Types of therapy

Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Relational, Transactional analysis

Clients I work with

Adults

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Online therapy, Short term sessions

Therapist - Orpington

Orpington BR6
Sessions from £70.00

Features

Availability

I currently have limited availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I work online, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm.

Please note that, in order to ensure the highest standard of care, I follow the 麻豆原创 guidelines of limiting myself to 20 clients per week. I close my booking system without notice whenever I reach this number. I update this page when that happens, but there may be some lag.

About me and my therapy practice

I'm Nick, and welcome to my trauma-informed psychotherapy practice. I welcome all adult clients, and often work with survivors of narcissistic, parental and partner mistreatment and/or abuse. I specialise in helping people experiencing symptoms associated with single or repeated traumas, sometimes called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/PTSD, or Complex-PTSD/C-PTSD. These symptoms include overwhelming or inexplicable anger, sadness, low self-worth, forgetfulness, burnout, sleep disturbances and addiction.

My rates are 拢70 per session, and I currently have limited daytime availability, which you can see on the "Book Now" section on my website.

I will work with you by creating the conditions for neuroplasticity and post-traumatic growth. Doing this means that anyone can change themselves and their lives for the better, given the appropriate support and environment, no matter how impossible that might seem in the present moment. In the service of this process, I like to help clients experience safer, more fulfilling social relationships, and to attract better people into their lives. I thus work extensively with healing unsafe and insecure relationship attachment.

I ground my work in my core values of kindness, ethics, authenticity and integrity. I qualified from Inter Psyche, the only counselling and psychotherapy training centre based within the NHS. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (麻豆原创 - member 410218). I used to work in academia, holding a PhD in literature from the University of Toronto. This background enables me to support my clinical work with ongoing research.

I practise exclusively online via Zoom. While this lacks the immediacy of face to face work, it can lower the time and energy costs for clients who conduct the kind of longer term work that recovery from trauma entails. If you would like to make a booking, please visit my website or contact me here.

Practice description

Underpinning all my work is a commitment to trauma-informed practice. This means that I take care to approach my clients with the knowledge that over 70% of people will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime. Traumas include loss of relationships or marriage, bereavement, and emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

While each of us is an individual, with unique experiences, beliefs and identities, we are united by a common nervous system, neurochemistry and neurobiology. I know, therefore, that unprocessed trauma may have happened in the past, but traumatic memories and behaviours still exist in the present, which might be making it hard for us to live the lives we want to live.

Trauma can persist in forms like sensory or emotional flashbacks; relational challenges such as insecure attachments styles; cognitive distortions such as negative self-image; dissociation and disembodiment such as lack of connection to emotions and of who we are inside; and other unconscious behaviours that were once crucial to survival, but may now not be serving us. Indeed, many clients do not even consciously realise that they have been traumatised, and live their lives full of self-recrimination for why they feel different or not good enough.

Trauma-informed care acknowledges that people react to trauma in such largely predictable ways, and have specific needs in order to heal. Such work can be transformative, enabling deeply powerful exploration and mourning of the past experiences that may still haunt us in the present. This can lead to leaving those memories in the past, along with the emotions, reactions and behaviours that accompany them, integrating them into a life that is not defined by the past. Ultimately, this journey supports you on your path toward post-traumatic growth, which can be one of the most profound processes of the human condition.

Please see my website if you are curious about trauma-adjacent symptoms, and would like more detail.

My first session

I have personal therapy too, so I know how difficult it can be to step into your first therapy session with a new therapist. We will work collaboratively and at a pace that is sustainable for you. I will use my knowledge to guide you, but you are the expert in your life and in what feels right for you. It is a myth that you must always be talking about difficult or upsetting subjects in order to be 鈥渄oing therapy.鈥 In fact, rushing into this kind of work can be unsafe and harmful. Your safety and well-being are my first priority, and I will always treat you with warmth and compassion. I enjoy meeting new clients, and I believe you will experience that.

I use an initial paid 50-minute assessment to allow us to explore how well we might be able to work together. I will discuss with you what you hope to gain from therapy, some of your history, and what working with me might be like for you. I also like for you to find out how you feel in your body and brain as we work together. The work of attuning more deeply to our whole organism, and becoming able to trust the signals that our nervous system gives us about our lives, can be one of the most valuable journeys we can take together in therapy. I like to make the first steps down that path together as we begin our work.

What I can help with

Abuse, ADD / ADHD, Anxiety, Autism spectrum, Bereavement, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Depression, Loss, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Neurodiversity, Post-traumatic stress, Relationships, Service veterans, Trauma

Types of therapy

Existential, Humanistic, Integrative, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Relational, Transactional analysis

Clients I work with

Adults

How I deliver therapy

Long term sessions, Online therapy, Short term sessions