I am available Monday to Thursday remotely and Friday in-person.

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About me

Hi, I am Jack (www.eryritherapy.com/about-us), a trauma-specialised psychotherapist based in the beautiful mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia). I work with the whole spectrum of the human experience.

I am particularly interested in overcoming and integrating single-event and complex trauma, managing anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, managing difficult emotions, gender-based violence, healthy masculinity, finding purpose in life, working with death anxiety and grief. 

Note: I am also fully certified in the Rewind Technique (https://www.iartt.com/the-rewind/). A highly effective, short-term trauma treatment that has the potential to dramatically improve trauma symptoms (flashbacks, anxiety, body tension, nightmares, insomnia, etc) in just a few sessions.

My Approach

First and foremost, I am curious and non-judgmental. I work on the premise that we have no bad parts, but we can become terribly unbalanced, which can cause a huge amount of suffering. By removing judgment and prioritising curiosity, we can explore and work with all of you. If you have not experienced this before, it can be incredibly validating and releasing to be properly seen, and from this, deep and profound change can happen (not just surface-level changes to behaviour or habits).

I use a combination of approaches, but always work holistically - your psyche, behaviours, past, values, physical health, social connections, work, and passions all make up who you are.. 

I am NCPS accredited and a ±«ÓãÊÓƵmember. I have an MSc in Counselling (Dist and award-winning). I have also completed training in CBT, Psychodynamic, Person Centred Therapy, ACT and Polyvagal theory. I have recently undergone training in somatic therapy and internal family systems - I am integrating these incredible approaches into my trauma work to further the holistic, whole-person approach I am so passionate about.

Safety, Processing and Purpose

The brain and the body are incredible things. They have powerful hidden processes constructed by millennia of psychological evolution and informed by past events, trauma, fears, old relationships and a never-ending quest for safety and security. Unfortunately, in the modern world, these processes can sometimes go awry and stop serving us, even actively damaging us in their misfiring search for safety and security. I will work with the nervous system, on a somatic, emotional, relational and rational level to help you reclaim your power and autonomy and to feel safer and secure in your own body.

Trauma fractures, it can separate us from ourselves physically, emotionally and in terms of our own history. You may exile parts of ourselves that are too painful or uncomfortable to face and hold. While this may ease the discomfort in the short term, you may feel incomplete, and safety can feel temporary or precarious. People often have parts that feel in conflict, for example, one part wants to be ambitious and go for a promotion, but another part wants to hide and nest and is scared of being exposed. Or one part craves security and partnership, and another part wants freedom and adventure. Or perhaps a part of you feels it must be perfect and work relentlessly in order to be loved, yet other parts of you are exhausted and deeply unhappy. 

Our work together will involve working compassionately with these conflicting parts, hearing them out and working towards a greater sense of inner unity and peace - it can be exhausting to be in conflict with ourselves.

I will help your mind and body find that sense of safety and security again. Once you have that equilibrium, we can work towards a more meaningful life driven by purpose, values and intention.

Please get in touch for a free 20-minute chat/consultation to see if this is the right fit for you.

I am a kind, competent and generous presence in the therapy room. My therapy room is in Gwynedd, North Wales, or we can work online. The relationship is at the core of all good therapy work. A relationship is built over time, with trust and consistency, but it is also important that you feel like working with me is the right choice for you.