Integrative Counsellor/Psychotherapist. Working face to face in Bristol, Exeter and Taunton. Online from anywhere.
Hello. My name is David. I'm a counsellor/psychotherapist. I use my knowledge, training and life experience to help people. Welcome to my page.
I became a therapist after falling in love with therapy itself when spending many hours myself in the clients chair, working through my own stuff and ultimately finding myself. I realised therapy is a wonderful way for me to channel most of the things that have mattered to me for most of my life: what it means to live a good life, thinking about thinking, presence and self awareness, kindness and compassion, philosophy and depth, conversation and listening. My work is more than a job, it is one of the ways I answer the call from my soul.
James Hollis said "Awake from your slumber, find what you love, and let it kill you."
As well as a therapist, I am a writer and artist. I am an experienced meditator, a below-average musician and a lover of life.
These theoretical approaches have influenced my own approach. These numbers don’t make sense mathematically, but if they did, it wouldn’t make sense of how I work. Being an integrative therapist rather than a singularly specialised one gives me an approach that is as unique and individual as me and my clients.
I have my own unique approach to therapy. Most clients begin meeting with me because they want change. They want to change something about their lives, or themselves. I believe that meaningful change happens when we become more aware of who we are, what the process of our life is like, what sets our soul on fire and we need to celebrate more and what is getting in the way of us enjoying our lives.
I do this through conversation. We talk, and as we do, we explore what is happening between us in the here-and-now. This leads to a recovery of wholeness, a bringing back to life parts of us that we forgot about, rejected or banished long ago.
One of the most important parts of my approach is: all is welcome. There is no right or wrong way to be as my client. I refuse to put myself or my clients into a neatly labelled box. Wherever you're at, whatever is going on for you, if you have a desire to understand yourself more, all parts of you are so welcome. I'll be David, and you'll be you.
Book a Free Consultation”Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
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