Online Depth Psychotherapy
Across the UK
A soul-oriented therapy for meaning, purpose, and personal transformation
MA, registered with the HCPC
Welcome
Hello, I'm Andrew, a Psychotherapist informed by depth psychology, working online with individual adults across the UK. Thank you for taking the time to find out about my therapy practice.
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My work is offered as soul-oriented psychotherapy, with an emphasis on meaning, relationship, and the gradual process of personal transformation. Rather than seeing people simply as problems to be solved, I aim to understand each person's experience in the wider context of their life, values, creativity, and capacity for change.
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My experience is grounded in more than 18 years of professional and personal engagement with these themes, including roles within NHS, mental health, and social care services, alongside running a private psychotherapy practice. I am also a visual artist, and this continues to inform my understanding of imagination, creativity, and the relationship between inner life and the wider world.
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This page brings together the key information about how I work, what to expect, and how to begin. The other therapy pages explore particular aspects of my approach in greater depth should you wish to continue afterwards.
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How to Contact Me and Make an Enquiry
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I currently have availability for new clients.
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I understand that taking the first step and contacting a therapist requires courage. I invite you to send me a message if you would like to arrange an initial consultation, or simply have any questions.
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All you need to include in your message is a brief outline of why you are considering therapy and how you hope it can help. There is no need to include personal or sensitive details.
👉You can reach me via the contact form or email at the foot of any page on this website.
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I always respond to enquiries within 48 hours.
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Please check your 'spam' folder as sometimes replies are filtered.​​​​​
What brings you to therapy?
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Feeling held back from living the life you want, or becoming more fully yourself.
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Navigating difficult emotions, relationships, life transitions, or periods of uncertainty.
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Seeking greater meaning, purpose, or a clearer sense of direction.
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Exploring creativity, spirituality, or your relationship with the natural world.
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Looking for a reflective space to understand yourself in greater depth.​
Reasons to consider psychotherapy with a depth-oriented approach
Psychotherapy doesn't offer quick fixes or guarantees, but it can open the possibility of lasting change. These are some of the ways a depth-oriented approach may enrich your relationship with yourself, with others, and with life.
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Develop a clearer sense of who you are and what matters most to you.
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Recognise and gradually move beyond patterns that no longer serve your life.
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Understand yourself more deeply, including the influence of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and desires.
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Experience imagination, dreams, and creativity as meaningful aspects of psychological life.
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Explore your spiritual life in a grounded way, without losing sight of everyday reality.​​​
Online psychotherapy in the UK
I work with adults across the UK through online psychotherapy sessions. Working online makes therapy accessible wherever you are based, while still allowing for the depth, continuity, and reflective quality that psychotherapy requires.​​
The value of soul-oriented psychotherapy
​​​​The origins of the word psychotherapy meant 'attending to or caring for the soul', and this is deeply relevant to how I work with people today. Many people come to therapy hoping not only to find relief from a particular difficulty, but also to live with a greater sense of freedom, integrity, and purpose. At its heart, soul-oriented therapy is about supporting the lifelong process of becoming more fully yourself.
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I am committed to facilitating a welcoming space in which we can begin where you are, exploring whatever feels important, with an attitude of curiosity and compassion. In therapy we meet life's difficulties, challenges, troubling experiences or inner states, and disappointments, which are usually what brings someone to see me. My approach is about working with the whole person, regarding all aspects of being human as meaningful and important to engage with, both the darkness and the light.
Enriching psychotherapy makes space for both suffering and possibility. Rather than seeing these as opposites, I understand them as belonging to the same psychological life. As we attend to what is difficult, new ways of understanding, living, and relating can gradually emerge.​​​​​​​​​
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👉 Further information about therapy online
My approach to psychotherapy
I qualified as an HCPC-registered Art Psychotherapist (MA) in 2013.
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Art Psychotherapy is a regulated profession within the wider field of counselling and psychotherapy. Sessions are usually conversational. If it feels helpful, there is also the option of using art materials as another way of communicating and exploring experience. There is never any expectation that you use them, and no artistic experience is required. If you would prefer to work primarily through creating images during sessions, you are very welcome to do so.
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My approach is informed by well-known perspectives on psychological understanding and self-discovery, broadly described as depth psychology.
I draw mainly from Jungian, archetypal, psychoanalytic and psychodynamic traditions, as well as ecopsychology. Where it feels meaningful, we can also include transpersonal or spiritual perspectives, understood as a sense of connection with something greater than the individual self.
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I believe psychotherapy can be most valuabe when it allows space for creative exploration, while also remaining grounded and pragmatic.
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👉 If you are interested in an in-depth approach, you can read about Depth Psychology and how it works in practice.​​
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👉 What Is Art Psychotherapy? describes the profession, and benefits available from using art materials and making images in the therapy session.
If you are feeling uncertain about beginning therapy...
It is perfectly normal to have questions, uncertainties, or reservations about beginning therapy.
This may be your first experience of therapy, and it might all feel unfamiliar. Or perhaps previous experiences have left you feeling hesitant about meeting with another therapist. Whatever your concerns, I encourage you to let me know about them. They do not necessarily mean that we can't work together, or that psychotherapy isn't right for you. In fact, conversations of this kind often become an important part of where the work begins.
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👉 In this blog post I address familiar concerns about beginning therapy.​​​​​
Will online depth psychotherapy be right for you?
Psychotherapy can sometimes feel challenging as well as rewarding. Meaningful change rarely happens all at once, but develops gradually through reflection, insight, and experience over time. There may be moments of clarity, followed by the work of allowing new understanding to become part of everyday life.
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The therapeutic relationship is central to this process. Rather than simply offering advice or solutions, we pay careful attention to what emerges through our conversations and the relationship we develop together, always within clear professional boundaries.
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Depth-oriented therapy is often most beneficial when you are willing to:​
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Reflect upon your experience with curiosity rather than judgement.
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Stay with difficult questions instead of seeking immediate answers.
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Work through challenging periods as well as moments of insight.
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Commit to attending sessions consistently and communicating clearly about practical arrangements.
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Approach therapy with openness, even if you are unsure where the process may lead.
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It is important that we are a good fit for working together, although this does not mean we need to share the same worldview. Throughout my experience as a psychotherapist, I have worked with people from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences. Whether this is your first experience of therapy, or you are looking for a more exploratory approach than you have encountered previously, I welcome genuine curiosity about the process.
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👉 You can learn more about what the sessions are like, the client - therapist relationship, and how the therapeutic process works.
Session options, fees, and beginning therapy
I offer psychotherapy on either a weekly or fortnightly basis. Sessions last one hour.
An alternative is a monthly 90-minute consultation. These meetings provide an opportunity to explore specific themes, and are best thought of as a consultation rather than an ongoing therapeutic process.
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How long we work together is always your choice, and I can help you consider what may be most beneficial. Most people I work with continue therapy beyond six months.
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Open-ended with no fixed end date for working in greater depth.
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Short-term basis of 4 to 12 sessions decided upon at the outset, focussed on a particular theme or issue. ​​
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​​Fees
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The standard fee is £65 per 1 hour session.
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Monthly consultations are £90 per 1.5 hour session.
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What Happens At Our First Meeting
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Whichever options you are considering, we meet first for an initial consultation (75 minutes, £65).
This is an opportunity to explore the reasons you are considering therapy, how you would like therapy to be beneficial, any questions or concerns, and whether we are likely to work well together. The meeting is conversational, and not like a formal assessment or interview. There is no obligation to begin therapy or make a decision during the consultation itself.
If we agree to begin therapy, I suggest committing to three sessions initially, to get a feel for how the therapeutic process works. We can then reflect upon these before deciding whether to continue.
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👉 See this page for further details about my appointments schedule, session options, and beginning therapy.
My background as an HCPC-registered Art Psychotherapist
I qualified as an HCPC-registered Art Psychotherapist (MA) in 2013, having completed the three-year Master's training in Art Psychotherapy at Goldsmiths, University of London. The training is grounded in psychodynamic psychotherapy and prepared me to work with adults experiencing a wide range of psychological difficulties.
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My path into psychotherapy developed through many years of personal and professional interest in the inner life, including my own experience of psychotherapy, alongside a longstanding practice as a visual artist. Together these continue to shape the way I work today.
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👉 Further details about my experience as a psychotherapist and artist.
Frequently asked questions
You're welcome to get in touch
I currently have availability for new clients.
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To contact me please use the email address or contact form below (also at the foot of any page on this website).
It is useful to include some general background about what brings you to therapy, but there is no need to include personal or sensitive information.
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I always respond to enquiries within 48 hours. If I am on leave there will be a note at the top of this page.
If you don't see a reply please check your 'spam' folder, and contact me again if necessary.
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I am registered with the HCPC, and listed on the Counselling Directory.
