Stephen Forrest, Psychotherapist | BA (Hons), MA (Psych), MA (Ex.Psych)

I’m a psychotherapist with 27 years of clinical experience in NHS and private practice, working with individual adults in Glasgow and online with English-speaking patients in the UK and abroad.

People come to my practice with many different life struggles. Some are wrestling with anxiety, depression, trauma, loss or painful relationships. Others have been trying to manage something for years: recurring experiences and tendencies they can’t seem to alter, difficulties with emotions, self-image, or self-care, troubling life questions or self-doubts, or a persistent feeling that something in their lives isn’t right.

Sometimes the disturbance is clear to them, but their underlying origin is not. Sometimes people have tried several forms of therapy, received some form of diagnosis or prescribed medication, with varying degrees of success. They may have learned to cope, and even to function well outwardly, without really understanding why they continue to struggle inwardly.

Others come with a different kind of question. They want to understand themselves more deeply, make sense of how their lives have developed, or examine the gap between what they do to survive in society, and what it might take to live in greater alignment with what really matters to them at a much deeper level of awareness.

You don’t need to know exactly what is wrong before seeking help.

The starting point is to start examining what is happening in your life: how you came to be where you are, what experiences and habits continue to shape you, and what keeps your difficulties going. We can then explore not only what you want to change, but also what you may need to understand, what truly matters to you, and whether the way you are living feels like your own.