Matthew Landers

My current working hours are in the evening from 5.30pm until 9.30pm.

I have some availability at the moment. 

Hi, I’m Matt. 

At times we all feel overwhelmed, anxious, low, or just need a place to get some clarity. Talking to someone can really help. In fact, it can be life changing. Let's talk and see if we can get you on the path to feeling better.

I'm an integrative counsellor and a mindfulness/meditation and body work specialist. For many years I’ve been studying the mind body relationship, observing how our minds really work and how it can sometimes seem like they don’t want us to be happy. Thoughts arise in the mind, emotions in the body. It's only by understanding both that we can truly fix things. Using counselling techniques, and others developed through many years of practice in psychology, mindfulness and meditation, I will help you to develop the tools to better understand negative thoughts, and emotions, hopefully gaining a greater sense of joy and control in you life. Understanding can bring real peace, even in the most difficult of circumstances. 

I have helped people with long term issues such as severe anxiety, OCD, depression, self harm and rage. I also have experience working with low self esteem, relationship and family issues and bereavement. Whatever you are here for, you remain the expert on you, and we will always seek to help you find the answers, together

My therapeutic system has been tried and tested with a wide range of clients from all kinds of backgrounds and with many different needs.

It is based on three fundamental pillars.

Exploration: Exploring how we really think and feel about ourselves and our lives, can really change things in ways we never expected. All our work together will take place in a safe and non-judgemental space where any issues can be explored in-depth and with compassion, to foster the growth you wish to see in your life.

Integration: Through the study of counselling, neuroscience and the mind-body relationship along with many years practice in the field of mindfulness and meditation, I have developed a unique system of therapy designed to understand and integrate negative thoughts and emotions rather than trying (and failing) to push them away.

Together, from a place of comfort and relaxation, we’ll enquire what these troublesome feelings want, helping you understand them and most importantly diminish the suffering they cause.

Meditation: I am a fully qualified mindfulness and meditation teacher proficient in teaching the four main schools of meditation. Meditation isn’t a religious practice or the product of the yoga studio. It’s an effective brain training tool that science is busy proving can provide stability, calm and peace; revealing our strong intuitive Self beneath all the thinking.

I’ll work with you to find a technique that works best for you and we’ll work together to build it into your schedule to support your therapeutic goals. Building a consistent practice to rest and work on your mind is one of the most beneficial things you can ever do. I will be here to help you every step of the way.

The first session is a time for you to breathe and find some space. To tell me what has brought you here and what you need from our process together. How you are feeling right now and what you would like to change. We'll talk about what a better future would look like for you and how we can work together to try and get you there. 

While some fundamental things will always remain consistent each therapeutic journey is also completely individual. In our first session we'll outline our process and how we'll begin and continue our work together, answering any questions you may have.