Hi, I’m Matt. I live and work in Manchester and Cheshire. I have worked with a diverse range of clients each with unique challenges and lived experience. Often our greatest challenge is how we integrate ourselves into our relationship with others. Life has a nasty habit of testing our resilience to events that can sometimes feel unbearable.

Anxiety, depression and uncertainty are often natural reactions to life events and relationship traumas that can leave us feeling ‘stuck’, isolated, deeply hurt or disillusioned. Clients who come to counselling often want circumstances, relationships, or feelings in their life to change. With support and unconditional validation of their own ‘story’, people can overcome remarkable odds to find a way of living that is true to themselves. I work together with you to find a way forward that respects your values and beliefs, and supports your desire for meaningful change.

I have extensive experience supporting people through trauma, bereavement, loss, and particularly traumatic bereavement following suicide. I have worked with clients from a wide range of backgrounds, including police and other uniformed personnel, and have delivered traumatic bereavement training to schools and external organisations.

• Abuse

• Anxiety

• Attachment and relationship issues

• Bereavement

• Bereavement by suicide and traumatic loss

• Depression

• Emotional abuse

• Family issues

• Loss

• Low self-confidence

• Male mental health

• Relationship issues

• Self-harm

• Sexual abuse

• Social anxiety

• Suicidal thoughts

• Trauma

Areas of counselling I deal with: