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Time in nature is medicine that can complement counselling and psychotherapy

PUBLISHED PSYCHOLOGY PAPER

Prolonged ruptured attachment syndrome (PRAS) – A fate worse than trauma or grief (2024)

Co-authored with Martin Seager and Valerie Sinason

YOUTUBE

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EXPERIENCE

Counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice (2018-ongoing)

Guest lecturer (2025)

Cornwall Counselling Institute

Men's issues — what are therapists missing?
Prolonged Ruptured Attachment Syndrome (PRAS) — A fate worse than trauma or grief

Founder and facilitator — Ceasefire Method (2021-2023)

3-month intensive online therapeutic programme for separated fathers. Writing court reports.

Coach — psycho-education webinars (2022)

Divorce Without Lawyers and Both Parents Matter

Facilitator — Temper Domestic Violence (2023-2024)

4-day intensive, therapeutically informed programme for abusers. London and Birmingham

Mentor — A Band Of Brothers (2022-2023)

Supporting young men via rites of passage and men's circles. Penryn, Penzance, Leamington Spa

Founder — Healing Guys (2018-2020)
Private therapy for men and boys, and referrals from First Light, a charity supporting people affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence. Truro, Cornwall

Counsellor — Simply Counselling (2017-2019)
Clients included teens, parents and children, people recovering from heart conditions, domestic abuse victims

Mentor — BF Adventure (Jan-March 2016)
Supporting disadvantaged young people with outdoor activities in nature

Listener — Samaritans (2014-2016)
Responding to calls, texts and emails from distressed and suicidal members of the public

QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision Including Telephone and Online (Counselling Tutor, 2025 — academic assignments passed, currently serving placement hours)
Level 5 Diploma in Person Centred Counselling and Therapy (Plymouth University, 2018)
Level 2 Counselling Skills (Cornwall College, 2016)
NCTJ Diploma in Newspaper Journalism (City College Brighton and Hove, 2007)
BA Anthropology (2:1, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2004)

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SELF DEVELOPMENT
Dual Allegations Of Domestic Violence (Respect) / Child & Adolescent To Parent Violence & Abuse (Respect) / Male Friendly Therapy trainings with John Barry and Martin Seager / Interviews with experts on my Masculinity Therapist YouTube channel / Solihull Parenting Programme / Facilitation training with Temper Domestic Violence / Expert Domestic Violence Risk Assessment with Calvin Bell / Creating An Effective Men's Movement Study Group / Suicide Prevention / Solo Wild Camping Pilgrimages / Mentoring and facilitation training with A Band Of Brothers / Rebirth Darkness Retreat / Reclaim Your Inner Throne / Voice Dialogue / Dream Group / Existential Psychotherapy / Polyvagal Theory / Dissociative Identity Disorder / Existential Courage / Vipassana Retreats / Wonder Years Parenting Programme / Separated Parents Information Programme / Challenges of Orthodox Masculinity / Shame and Trauma / Sacred Masculinity / Domestic Violence / Attachment and Neuroscience / Trauma Informed Approached To Therapy / Death Retreat / Family Constellations / Anger, Rage and Relationship / Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults and Children / Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Advanced Cognitive Restructuring / Domestic Abuse and The Effects On Children

If you have any questions about my qualifications, training or experience please ask,

my story

Some of my expertise is from lived experience. I am a 41-year-old man, father, step-father, son, brother and uncle. My parents separated when I was a baby. I've been through family court, representing myself. One of my children has special educational needs.

Before working as a therapist I was a sub-editor on newspapers in Dublin and London in my 20s. I became a father at 25 but after the relationship ended my child was taken to live a long way away. I followed, taking a job I didn't enjoy, and eventually had a breakdown.

The help I received inspired me to volunteer as a listener at the Samaritans, the suicide helpline, and I qualified with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) in 2018.

My therapy practice is integrative, which means that I offer approaches that feel right for each client. I'm grounded by person centred principles and my personal philosophy, although it is evolving, is probably best described as existential and transpersonal. I've been interested in the human condition all my life, and I studied anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

As a lifelong surfer and hiker I'm an advocate for healing in nature, especially through exercise. I also practice vipassana meditation, which is the ancient root of modern mindfulness techniques. I've spent much of my life by the ocean in Cornwall, England.

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"the brighter the light, the darker the shadow." Carl Jung

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