Whether it’s your first time in therapy or you’re thinking of returning, I hope I can help and support you. As a gay/queer man and as someone in long-term recovery myself, I understand that your therapy needs might be as nuanced as the human condition itself. I’ll meet you with warmth, empathy, sensitivity, and respect – regardless of your age, heritage, sexuality, gender identity or neurodiversity.

My name is Dan (he/him) and I work as an integrative therapist and specialise in working with addictions and/or substance misuse, as well as LGBTQ+ mental health. I draw on person-centred/humanistic theories, looking at what’s going on in the here and now, as well as drawing on psychodynamic theories, looking at the past and its impact on the present. 

I’m a compassionate and relational therapist and I use the different facets of the relationship between myself and my clients for the therapy. From my own experience, and listening to the experiences of others, I have come to believe that happiness, connection to self and peace of mind can be achieved when we allow ourselves to heal the wounding from our past. For me, therapy is a journey to the deeper part of ourselves (that some may refer to as the “soul”) – to recover and restore our authentic selves.   If we merely address the surface without looking at what lies underneath, we risk repeating the same painful life patterns over and over again.