My Approach

My Approach

I practise Processwork (Process Oriented Psychology), an approach to psychotherapy developed by Dr Arnold Mindell and further developed by Processwork practitioners internationally, many of whom have been my teachers.

At the heart of my work is an interest in each person’s unique nature and way of being in the world. Sometimes these qualities are clear and alive; at other times they may be hidden, constrained or struggling to find expression. I support people to discover, develop and express their own ways of being and relating.

Rather than starting with a fixed idea of what needs to change, Processwork invites curiosity about what is happening. Together we might explore thoughts and feelings, body experiences, symptoms, relationships, conflict, dreams, movement, imagination or altered states of consciousness. Dreams can be an important part of the work, including childhood, recurring and relationship dreams. Somatic work, movement and creative expression can open experiences that are difficult to put into words.

I also pay attention to differences in rank, power and privilege, such as class, race, gender, sexuality, age, health and social position. These shape how we experience ourselves and our relationships, and they can become part of the work. I welcome people with diverse ways of experiencing the world, including neurodivergent and disabled people, and people of all cultural backgrounds, sexualities, gender identities and relationship forms.

I work with individuals and couples, in person and online, following what is most alive and meaningful for you.
In addition, I serve on the faculty of the Process Work Centre in Hawaii as a Processwork supervisor, therapist, and teacher. In this role, I support Palestinians in the Middle East—both personally and professionally—for the benefit of all.

About Me

My Journey

I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and have since lived and worked in England and Brussels. Moving between cultures taught me early that there are many ways of seeing and being in the world. That curiosity remains at the heart of my work.

I began studying Processwork with Dr Arnold Mindell and his colleagues in 1991 and became a Diplomate in 1996. I co-founded the UK training organisation now known as Processwork UK, and I teach internationally as faculty at the Process Work Center of Hawai’i.

I also trained as a child psychotherapist. I worked as a therapist in children’s homes and went on to manage NHS services for adopted and looked-after children and their families. This gave me a deep appreciation of how attachment, belonging and different forms of family life shape us. I am an adoptive father myself, so I bring personal as well as professional understanding to this.

With Marina O’Connell, I co-founded the Apricot Centre, a community farm and wellbeing project in Dartington. There we developed therapeutic approaches that bring together nature connection, play, dreaming, creativity, movement and community. I have also worked to develop wellbeing and livelihood projects with racially and culturally minoritised communities, including refugees and people seeking asylum, in Plymouth, Devon and East Anglia.

Alongside Processwork, my practice draws on attachment, trauma, neurobiology, ecopsychology and systems thinking. I see diversity as fundamental to wellbeing, both for individuals and for communities.

Outside work, I walk on Dartmoor, engage and work with the local community, and am finding my way back to songwriting and music.

I work with

• Couples
• Families
• Groups
• Individuals

Types of Therapies Offered

• Process Oriented Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Abuse
• Addiction
• ADHD
• Adoption
• Age-related Issues
• Anger Management
• Anorexia
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Chronic Illness
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Disability
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Employment Difficulties
• Gender
• Identity Problems
• Infertility
• Mental Health Issues
• Obsessions
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Online Counselling
• Parents
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Race Issues
• Relationships
• Sex Problems
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Supervision
• Telephone Counselling
• Training
• Transgender
• Trauma
• Workplace Counselling