CM Counselling

Welcome to Counselling

Congratulations. You’ve taken your first important step toward a better future by exploring whether you want to speak to a counsellor. I understand how difficult some first steps can feel.

Counselling is an opportunity to be heard, understood and supported. Working together, we can explore enduring problems from your past, reduce anxieties about your future or help whatever is affecting you here and now.

You may have a specific problem or dilemma you want to work through. If so, we can explore this together in a non-judgmental, empathetic, and safe way. Something in your life might feel out of alignment, or things don’t seem to run smoothly for long, and you’d like to understand why this could be. Whatever your reasons for considering counselling, I can help you understand from a fresh, mindful, and therapeutic perspective.

I offer a choice of counselling methods to help you achieve your goals and will help you choose whichever feels most useful. Counselling isn’t something that happens to you, it’s a process we embark on together.

Counselling can change lives. Science repeatedly confirms this. If the thought of starting therapy feels difficult or you are uncertain how counselling works, please get in touch via the (Contact) tab above. A simple answer to your questions may be all you need to start on a new and better path.

Congratulations. You’ve taken your first important step toward a better future by exploring whether you want to speak to a counsellor. I understand how difficult some first steps can feel.

Elaine

21. July, 2025.

I contacted Colin after a friend recommended him. I didn’t really know anything about Counselling as I’d never seen a therapist before. I’d recently been given a diagnosis for PTSD and was struggling. I knew exactly where it came from, but nothing I did seemed to help. Colin was really patient, and we went very slowly. He explained how anxiety works, how trauma can get stuck in the brain and body and suggested a technique he called ‘Rewind’ which he thought would help without me having to go too much into my past. I am so grateful we did this. Since we did, I no longer feel that I live with that old fear I’ve been struggling with. It all seems to have calmed down and I can breathe again. I am very grateful.

Stephen

14. July, 2025.

When I contacted Colin I was in a very dark place and had already hurt myself several times. I was in an abusive relationship and could not understand why I seemed so stuck and scared for my future. Colin was able to help me work out how stuff that happened to me in my childhood set me up for problems as an adult. It took many months but he stuck with me and I now know that my childhood was not something I deserved. I wasn’t to blame and he helped me see that and be safe again.

Dan

I went to Colin because I was in a long term relationship which I wanted but didn’t feel I could properly commit to. I was bullied by my father and knew I didn’t want to be a dad like him and this was holding my relationships possibilities back. I also never felt I was up to much at work and could hear myself doubting many of my decisions.

Colin helped me understand that my past didn’t have to set my future life in stone, that I was not a bully myself and was allowed to choose to be better than my earlier experiences. Working through what I now understand about my attachment style and my inner critic has helped me enormously.

Amanda

4. February, 2025.

I went to see Colin when I felt I was living under a very black cloud and struggled to see light at the end of the tunnel. I cannot recommend Colin enough. My sessions with him were in a very safe place where I could open up. Colin helped me understand Narcissistic Trauma. As a result, I now feel I'm in control of my life. The black cloud has gone and I am the happiest I have felt in years.

Hazel

I went to Colin because I felt I was a failure. I never did anything right except love my kids. It was them who had me go to Colin because I was crying so much and got upset even if something nice happened. I didn't feel I deserved anything nice. Colin helped me understand that I learned to think that way because of my earlier trauma. He helped me learn that I was a good person, mum and wife and could treat myself more kindly. I buy myself a little treat each week now because I deserve good things in my life. Colin helped me understand that.

Nicholas

23. January, 2025.

When I first met up with Colin, I was not really sure what was wrong in my life. I just felt I was drifting and when he asked me what gave me joy. I was staggered I couldn't come up with anything to say. As the weeks went by, we looked at my life patterns and I was able to piece together where my happiness had become lost, and it was a relief to find myself again. I am on a better path now and very grateful for Colin's help.