Depth Psychotherapy
in the UK (Online Therapy)
Soul-centered, depth-oriented therapy for a life that feels like your own
MA, registered with the HCPC
Welcome
Hello, I’m Andrew, an Art Psychotherapist informed by depth psychology, working online with individual adults across the UK. Thank you for coming to find out about my therapy practice, and how working together could be of benefit to you.
Offered as soul-centered psychotherapy, the heart of my approach is about finding a greater sense of meaning and purpose within all aspects of your experience, including the difficulties and challenges you face. By working together with an explorative attitude, we can understand suffering within the broader context of personal transformation and development, rather than seeing only symptoms or problems to be 'fixed.' Working in a depth-oriented way also means that the 'everyday' stuff of life is not seen as separate from creative, imaginative, and spiritual aspects.
My experience is grounded in over 18 years of professional and personal engagement with these themes, including varied roles within mental health and social care services (including NHS), and running a private therapy practice — until recently mostly in person. I am also a visual artist, which informs my understanding of the deep relationship between creative processes and human life, and shapes the way I approach my wider therapeutic work.
This page provides an overview, and a relatively brief look through will offer the key information you need to make an enquiry about working together. You will find focussed details throughout the other pages, which can be accessed by the menu at the top of this page on a computer/tablet, or the main menu on a mobile.
👉 My blog features articles related to depth psychology, therapy, art and creativity.
How to Contact Me and Make an Enquiry
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. If you would prefer a phone call to discuss first, I am happy to offer this free of charge.
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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Unless on leave I always respond within 48 hours.
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Please check your 'spam' folder as sometimes replies are filtered.
What brings you to therapy? Themes and experiences I can help you to explore
Although most people initially begin therapy due to a problem or difficulty of some kind, there are also other possible reasons why you might consider it. Through establishing a safe and trusting connection we can begin to think together about why you have come to therapy, and work towards a clearer understanding of what you are seeking. Feeling that something is holding you back from being the person you really are, or living the life you want. Troubling emotions, thoughts, behaviour, or navigating difficult situations. An absence of direction, purpose, or meaning in life. Considering questions such as "who am I, now?" Lacking a sense of belonging, feeling that you don't 'fit in', or that others don't understand you. Difficulties with relationships (of any kind), or finding greater connection within them. Your life is at a crossroads, or in a time of transition and uncertainty. Needing a space to talk about your experience of spirituality and explore this aspect of life. Connection and loss in relation to environment and Nature. Exploring your own creative work or art practice. Working with creative 'blocks' and difficulties. Discovering a renewed sense of general creativity in life. Navigating the 'crisis' of mid-life Wondering how to situate yourself within a rapidly changing world. . . . . . . . .
Online psychotherapy in the UK
I work with adult clients across the UK through online psychotherapy sessions. Working online allows people to access therapy from wherever they are based, while still engaging in the depth-oriented and reflective process that psychotherapy offers
👉 Further information about therapy online.
The value of soul-centered 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. I have found that many are looking not only to change how they feel, or attend to a problem, but to live with a greater sense of creative freedom, integrity, and purpose. At its essence, therapy with me is about nurturing the lifelong process of becoming who you are, and being true to your own deepest nature.
I am committed to facilitating a welcoming space in which we can begin where you are, exploring whatever calls for our attention, with an attitude of curiosity and compassion. In therapy we meet with the 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.
Sometimes therapy and counselling focuses exclusively on one at the expense of the other, but a truly holistic psychotherapy must work with the 'shadow', in service to the discovery and embodiment of your gifts and higher potentials.
👉 You can learn more about how I work as a psychotherapist, what the sessions are like, and how the therapeutic process unfolds.
Reasons to consider psychotherapy with a depth-oriented approach
The benefits offered by this form of creative and soul-centered therapy are quite wide ranging. I have left these points deliberately broad, which allows you to recognise a personal version of them within your own life. They are not guarantees, but possibilities that can be worked towards. Develop new ways of being that are in tune with what you really want in life, and support your growth. Break free from limiting old patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving that no longer serve you. Appreciate yourself on a deeper level, including how unconscious desires, fears, and conflicts influence your emotions, thoughts, and behavior. A fuller understanding of yourself in relation to others. Greater confidence to express yourself in all aspects of life. Be in touch with your creativity in the broadest sense of the word, and able nurture what inspires you even in difficult times. Experience how dreams and imagination can offer insight. Realise talents, strengths, ambitions that you have had to keep hidden, or were not recognised by others. Explore your spiritual life in a grounded way without bypassing the psychological. . . . . .
If you are feeling uncertain about beginning therapy...
I understand there can be many reasons why someone would be hesitant about beginning therapy. If any of these examples (or similar ones) are true for you, I encourage you to let me know. It doesn't necessarily mean we can't work together or that therapy isn't for you. In fact, worries of this kind can be a worthy starting point, and often prove very valuable to explore. I feel embarrassed to talk about it. My problems aren't serious enough. My problems cannot be understood. It's too late to change. It will make me/the situation worse. Therapy is for 'other people'. I don't deserve the attention. I am afraid of the attention. The therapist will tell me what to do. The therapist won't say anything. . . . . .
👉 In this blog post I discuss each of these questions about beginning therapy.
My approach to psychotherapy: depth psychology, Jungian therapy, and creativity
I qualified as an HCPC-registered Art Psychotherapist (MA) in 2013.
Art psychotherapy is an established profession within the wider field of counselling and psychotherapy. Sessions can be primarily conversational, with the additional option of using art materials for communication, self-expression, and exploration if you wish. This is always your choice.
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.
I believe psychotherapy can be most enriching when it allows space for creative exploration, while also remaining grounded and pragmatic.
👉 If you are interested in an in-depth approach, you can read about Depth Psychology and how it works in practice.
👉 What Is Art Psychotherapy? describes the profession, and benefits available from using art materials and making images in the therapy session.
Will online depth psychotherapy be right for you?
Psychotherapy can sometimes feel challenging, as well as rewarding. Meaningful change is often difficult, and requires perseverance over time. There will be 'lightbulb' moments of insight, followed by the work of turning new understanding into genuine transformation. We enter into this process together, and I accompany you on the journey. The relationship (or 'alliance') between client and therapist is a unique one, and we will give careful attention to this throughout, always remaining within appropriate boundaries. Depth-oriented Art Psychotherapy is best suited to those who are interested in a more explorative approach, and are willing to reflect upon their experience with a sense of curiosity. Each meeting offers you the time and space to consider whatever you wish to, at your own pace. There are no exercises during the sessions or homework afterwards. I don't usually give advice, strategies, or coping techniques. Instead we would look closely at your own current attempts to 'self cure', identify what works and what only serves to keep you stuck. We aim at moving towards genuinely new ways of being that don't stem from self-limiting patterns rooted in the past. In a practical sense, clients will need to communicate efficiently by email between sessions for planning purposes, and commit to paying for sessions as arranged, in accordance with a 48 hour cancellation policy. It is important we are a 'good fit' for working together, but this doesn't mean we need to share a worldview. Throughout my 15+ years of experience in this field, I have worked with people from a wide range of backgrounds, with very different life experiences. This might be your first time coming to therapy. I often work with people who have had some prior experience of engaging with counselling or psychotherapy, and are seeking something with more emphasis on depth, creativity, spirituality, and freedom to explore any aspect of life. I have a particular interest providing psychotherapy for artists and creatives. Often, people who find me have an active spiritual impulse in their lives, or feel a strong sense of connection to Nature and the more-than-human world. Men for whom talking about the inner life is neither familiar nor comfortable ground, you are very welcome to get in touch. . . . . .
Session options, fees, and beginning therapy
I offer two therapy options of meeting weekly, or fortnightly.
All sessions are 1 hour.
An alternative is monthly appointments of 1.5 hours. These provide an opportunity to explore specific themes, and are best thought of as a consultation rather than therapeutic process. See the link below for details.
How long we work together for is always your choice, and I can help you consider what might be appropriate. The majority of my experience is with people who have continued therapy beyond 6 months.
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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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Open-ended with no fixed end date for working in greater depth.
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.
What Happens At Our First Meeting
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 about it during the appointment.
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.
If you would like to speak on the phone prior to arranging a consultation I can offer a free introductory call.
👉 My appointments schedule, session options, and beginning therapy.
My background as an HCPC registered Art Psychotherapist
I completed the Masters level Art Psychotherapy training at Goldsmiths College, London. This is an immersive 3 year course, based upon a psychodynamic model. My path to becoming a therapist developed over many years of interest and research considering human life and the psyche from different perspectives, including my own positive experiences of being a patient in psychotherapy.
👉 Further details about my experience as a psychotherapist and artist.
Depth psychotherapy FAQ - Online psychotherapy in the UK
You're welcome to get in touch
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 information.
I always respond to enquiries within 48 hours (unless on leave). If you don't see a reply please check your 'spam' folder, and contact me again if necessary.
I am registered with the HCPC, and listed on the Counselling Directory.
