Therapy for therapists

Your own therapy, with someone who knows the work from both chairs. I offer personal therapy to qualified therapists and to trainees who need personal therapy hours, online anywhere in the UK or in person in Bude.

£50 for 50 minutes, a reduced fee for therapists. I have places open now.

Who it’s for

Counsellors, psychotherapists and other practitioners from any professional body and any modality. You don’t need to work relationally yourself.

Trainees are welcome too. If your course asks for personal therapy hours, I’ll give you a letter or record confirming the sessions you’ve attended.

How I work

I work relationally, drawing on psychodynamic and person-centred thinking. In plain terms, the work is about what happens between us and in your closest relationships, and in therapy you come as yourself, not as a therapist. Plenty of practitioners find that harder than they expect.

If you’re looking for therapy in a particular modality, for example because your course requires it, I’m probably not the right person, and I’d rather say so on the first call than part way through.

The small world we work in

The therapy world is small, in Cornwall and online. We may turn up at the same training or in the same network. That overlap is normal, and we’ll talk at the start about how we’ll handle it if it happens.

I don’t offer therapy and supervision to the same person, because mixing the two would blur what each is for.

Practical details

• Sessions are 50 minutes, weekly to start, on weekday daytimes
• Online by Zoom, or in person at Neetside Community Centre in Bude
• A few evening slots online, with a waiting list
• £50 a session, paid in advance by bank transfer or PayPal
• I’m accredited with the NCPS (MNCPS Acc) and work within its Ethical Framework

Why I still go to therapy

I’ve written about why I think personal therapy matters for therapists long after training, and what my own therapy has made possible in my work: I’m a therapist: why I still go to therapy.