John Soutar

I have current immediate availability for clients.

I prefer to discuss the range of suitable therapies with each client to enable collaborative decisions around which approach would work best for any difficulty or situation. I prefer to work with adults from 16 years onwards. I place great importance on recognising the uniqueness of each individual and take care in building rapport and a warm safe space to engender a supportive relationship to enable therapeutic change.

I firmly believe in the compassionate and non-judgemental nature of counselling and honed my active listening skills with 30 years public service in the emergency services and helped in a range of ways with the difficulties that trauma can bring to families.

For the past 5 years I have been working with the mental health charity Penumbra supporting families in the field of suicide prevention and worked with the NHS delivering Distress Brief Intervention support through the 111 service. I am keen to support anyone looking for counselling across the range of issues mentioned in the website. I have had my own experience of prostate cancer and would like to offer support to anyone affected by any form of this terrible disease.

I am a compassionate and empathetic practitioner and tailor my therapeutic approach to meet the individual needs and preferences of each client. I offer a safe space to collaborate and with an MSc in Pluralistic Counselling can employ a variety of therapeutic techniques such as:

Psychotherapy

Mindfulness Based Therapy

Compassion Focussed Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Person-Centred Therapy

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Gestalt Therapy

Narrative Therapy

Emotion Focussed Therapy

Somatic Therapy

Solution Focussed Therapy

My first meet is offered free of charge to gain an understanding of whether you feel you can work with me and