Matthew Hussey

I am available online most weekdays and evenings, and also in person. I'm based in north London, N22. 

Therapy is tough. Whether you’re looking to break a habit, move on from a difficult relationship or process traumatic memories and ideas about who you think you are. I’m here to help.

I work in an integrative, relational way. That means I use and combine different theories and approaches to help you find the best way forward. I also believe that it’s the relationship that heals us.

While other therapists may prefer to use labels and diagnoses to identify who you are, I believe in allowing a person to define who they think they are. I believe labels are limiting and rob us of the opportunity to redefine and reimagine our lives.

Having a space to explore, challenge, and navigate the most difficult parts of yourself can only be done if you trust and feel held by the person sitting in front of you. This can take weeks, months, or even years. A big focus of my work is helping lay the foundations for that trusting relationship to emerge.

While I’m based in north London, I work online with clients all over the world. I am registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and am professionally supervised by a series of expert clinicians.

I am certified in the following fields of therapeutic practice:

Neuroscience, Attachment, and the Therapeutic Alliance.

Psychiatry, Psychopathology, and Psychodynamics.

CBT.

Time Limited Counselling.

Working with Eating Disorders.

Working with Suicide.

Working with Trauma.

If you’d like to have a chat to see how we might work together, get in touch. 

I work in an open-ended, client-led environment. That means you are always in control of the experience. 

How many sessions we have, and for how long, is entirely up to you. Therapy is about us feeling change. When that happens and by how much is in your hands. 

If you would like to work with me, we would discuss a suitable time and then we would have a 50-minute assessment session. This is the chance for me to find out more about you, and more importantly, for you to understand if I'm someone you would like to work with. 

If we continue to work together, I would then send over a contract for you to read which sets out how we'd work together, all fairly simple stuff. 

Our first session is really about getting to know each other. Good therapy is about having a good relationship, so it needs a solid foundation to help you to feel more like yourself again. 

I charge a little bit less for an assessment session, and you are under no obligation to continue to work with me if you feel it wasn't a very good fit. 

We'll do an assessment together, I'll ask you questions about what brings you to therapy, a bit about your past, and what you would like to get out of the experience. We'll agree on a time and a place, and then I'll send you a calendar invite and where to go.