Simon Brooksbank

My integrative and transpersonal approach allows me to tailor therapy to your individual needs, recognising that everyone’s experiences, circumstances and goals are unique. I offer both longer-term and shorter-term therapy, depending on what feels most appropriate for you. I aim to create a warm, supportive and non-judgemental space where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, relationships and experiences at your own pace. My style is compassionate yet gently challenging, helping you feel heard and understood while encouraging you to explore familiar patterns, gain greater insight and, when the time feels right, move towards meaningful change. For those seeking deeper self-exploration, longer-term transpersonal therapy provides the time and space to take a deeper dive into your inner world. Together, we can explore unconscious patterns, beliefs, early experiences and relationships, as well as questions of identity, meaning and purpose. Drawing on creative and experiential approaches such as guided visualisation, dream work, sand tray and imagination, we can sometimes access aspects of your experience that are difficult to reach through talking alone. Over time, this deeper exploration can help you develop greater self-awareness, understand recurring patterns, make more conscious choices and create lasting change. I also offer shorter-term, goal-orientated therapy focused on a particular issue or challenge. This provides a structured space to gain clarity, develop new ways of responding and build practical coping strategies. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, relationship difficulties, a life transition or facing a particular decision, we can focus on what matters most to you and work towards meaningful change within a defined period.

I am a qualified Transpersonal Integrative Psychotherapist with seven years’ experience of working with adults from all walks of life and across a wide range of challenges. Alongside my private practice, I work therapeutically within prisons and have volunteered on psychiatric wards, experiences that have broadened my understanding of mental health, trauma and vulnerability, and the different circumstances that can shape our lives. They have reinforced my belief in the importance of meeting each person as an individual, with openness, compassion and without judgement or assumptions. Drawing on transpersonal and Jungian ideas, I am particularly interested in how we can develop a more integrated relationship with the different parts of ourselves. This can include exploring qualities traditionally associated with the masculine, such as purpose, direction, confidence and healthy boundaries, alongside qualities associated with the feminine, such as intuition, emotional openness, creativity and connection. Rather than seeing these qualities as opposites, I believe bringing them into greater balance can support deeper self-awareness, more fulfilling relationships and a stronger sense of wholeness.