Psychological therapy can be helpful in providing a place where you can express what is happening for you, so that you can see yourself or your experiences more clearly. Therapy seeks to create a space where experiences can be shared but also where new understandings can be developed. Therapists can facilitate safety, support, validation, encouragement, insight and help to make sense of confusing aspects of experiences. Therapy can also offer ideas about ways to cope with, shift or transform experiences.

Couples therapy focuses on the couple relationship (rather than the individuals in the relationship) and the understandings, skills and strategies that might be needed to support a more rewarding sense of connection between partners.

Atholl provides counselling and psychotherapy for a range of issues including identity, gender, sexuality, mental health, and relationships as well as trauma intervention.  He supports:

Individual Therapy

• come to terms with current or past life experiences

• adjust to life changes and discover who or how to be

• cope with strong emotions and find better ways to manage feelings

• navigate life when feeling very different to others

Couples Therapy

• discover a more rewarding relationship through greater connection

• address conflict, communication and adjust to changes in life circumstances

• find greater alignment in decision-making, parenting, finances or other major areas of couple life

His specific ways of working include:

• Psychodynamic psychotherapy

• Person-centred therapy

• Focusing-oriented psychotherapy

• Emotion-focused therapy

• Couple-focused therapy

• Imago relationship therapy