I help people express their true selves with confidence and clarity

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"Neil is extremely personable, with a soothing and understanding persona that makes sharing uncomfortable truths really easy. Coaching and counselling sessions with Neil exceeded my expectations! He helped me overcome crippling anxiety." (Tracy)

A Unique Coach and Counsellor

Here are the top 5 reasons why I'm unique: 
  1. I am a trauma informed qualified counsellor and coach, specializing in healthy relating - helping individuals and couples who want to be happier and healthier.
  2. I work both In person (Stroud and  Bristol) or Online. I work flexibly and I can come to you,  meet you at my place, or go outside!  My sessions 50 minute  (called a 'counselling hour') but sometimes I can offer a few more minutes if we need it, for free, or we can egotiate longer sessions. 
  3. I help clients develop new practices that work. I believe clients often need TOOLS to help them to change behaviour and symptoms that are causing distress. I don't just stick with talking about the past, but help clients to work in the present moment. 
  4. ​I give every client notes and a check-in after the session to make sure you get the most from it.
  5. I work with either a Counselling  or Coaching modality - Counselling can help us untangle the past and receive the much needed emotional validation, whereas coaching can help you to move your forward, with new tools and practices. I even do group workshops and Rejection Therapy. I also work with Relationships. I even offer Mindful Massage to help your work out physical tension. ​

First Session Is Only £29

  • After this pay according to my three point scale: 
    • ​If you earn a reasonable amount (£45K +) please pay £90 per session 
    • If you earn a medium/low wage (£45-25k) please pay £65 per session 
    • If you earn a very low wage please pay £50 per session. 
  • This is an honesty system, led by you, no questions asked. This is for a 50 minute online session.
  • Add extra if I drive locally, to you (£10 Stroud, £15 Cheltenham/Gloucester, £20 Bristol)
  • If you want to come to my Stroud counselling room please pay £5 extra (and I'll set it up nicely for you)
  • Please let me know if you need financial assistance - If I have clients paying the higher amount it allows me to offer reduced rates. 

What happens in a session?
  • Welcoming and agreements - making sure you feel safe and warmly welcomed (all parts of you)
  • A grounding practice - to help regulate your nervous system
  • Listening and reflecting - to understand your situation and feelings
  • ​Coaching and counselling - a variety of modalities, such as: 
    • ​Counselling: Person Centred Counselling (Carl Rodgers): Fundamentally my intention is to help you trust yourself through listening and responding with empathy, genuineness and unconditional acceptance. 
    • Coaching: GROW Coaching (Sir John Whitmore): Looking at Goals, Reality, Options and Will.
    • Working with 'thoughts': CBT, DBT and 'The Work' (Byron Katie) to explore and open up unhelpful thoughts with four meditative questions and finding new perspectives.
    • Working with 'trauma' and 'emotions' through Compassionate Enquiry  ( Dr. Gabor Maté) to bring kindness and love into the process and acknowledging the positives of our psychological defences and coping mechanisms.
    • Embodied work using Somatic Experiencing - to help relax the nervous system and access underlying Trauma by tracking the bodily sensations where trauma and muscle memory link together.
    • Working with 'parts' through Internal Family Systems and Voice Dialogue and the Drama Triangle (Transactional Analysis) to create a playful way of exploring tricky patterns and self-criticism, rescuing and victimisation via internal parts and patterns of thought and feeling.
    • Working with words: NLP and Clean Language - using metaphor and language to help people access hidden beliefs and release them.
  • I find it helpful for clients to wrap up each session with agreed actions, celebrations and sending you useful notes. This is such a rare thing and so many clients LOVE IT. If you'd this just let me know.  

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After 25 odd years of therapies, and self-help techniques, it can take a *lot* to impress me.  I'm deeply impressed with the approach and coaching abilities of Neil! (Julie C)
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