Michael James, BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #107253

I'm an Integrative Psychotherapist with over 25 years experience of working with individuals and couples. I am also an Accredited Teacher of Mindfulness with over 30 years experience. I invite clients to use intentional awareness to examine the context of their lives including all aspects of their relationships.
In therapy we have the opportunity to frame issues of identity and purpose and to facilitate meaningful positive change in our lives - moving towards towards a 'solution'.
The essence of my practice is 'person-centred' in that I am always led by the client's needs and 'issues' as presented to me. In this way 'therapy' is always grounded in the trans-formative power of trusting and collaborative relationships.
My practice is also 'trauma Informed' in that our presenting problems are often linked to the underlying effects of prior/present trauma. Such trauma can be healed through 'present-centred' body awareness that may incorporate a mindful practice coupled with a reflective dialogue to reframe meaning and direction to our lives
The Mindfulness element of my practice is seen 'merely' as 'intentional awareness' which experience shows can be applied by degrees from moment-to-moment as an enabling agent to help us to see our patterns of 'stuckness' - at the heart of many problems - and to move beyond them. Intentional awareness harnesses the simplicity of our own present awareness to see patterns of thoughts and behaviour and to help us to embrace a 'solution' that we can envision.
My own experience has shown that our suffering through a myriad of life problems can act as a 'prompt' for us to examine issues of 'identity' and 'purpose'. These can be of a Trans-personal nature and can also be transformed through our own awakening - through the gateway of a present-centred intentional awareness.