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Psychotherapy & Analysis

Understanding yourself and the life you’re living

Online and in-person psychotherapy in Glasgow, and online internationally. Working with trauma, recent and recurring psychological difficulties, relationships, and questions about how to live.

  • Understand What is Happening

    Make sense of your difficulties before deciding what kind of help you need.

  • Go Beneath the Surface

    Understand the origins of experiences, and the root causes underlying present symptoms, habits, or difficulties.

  • Trauma & Complex Trauma

    Explore how difficult past experiences may continue to influence present emotions, relationships, and everyday life.

  • Relationships & Attachment

    Recognise recurring relationship patterns and discover different ways of relating.

  • Mind & Body

    Understand the important relationships between emotions, bodily responses, stress habits, lifestyle, self-care, and the nervous system.

  • Meaning & Authenticity

    Clarify what matters to you, who you want to be, and how you want to live.

  • A Way of Working That Fits You

    Whether focused, brief work, or longer-term, in-depth psychotherapy and analysis, all work is driven by your needs, choices, and aims.

  • Start With an Introductory Meeting

    Talk about what's happening in your life, what you hope to change, and whether working together is right for you.

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 me with many different difficulties. Some are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, loss or painful relationships. Others have been trying to manage something for years: recurring patterns they can’t seem to alter, difficulties with emotions or self-care, or a persistent feeling that something in their lives isn’t right.

Sometimes the difficulties are clear to them, but their underlying causes are not. Sometimes people have tried several forms of therapy, received diagnoses or taken medication, with varying degrees of success. They may have learned to cope, and even to function well, without really understanding why they continue to struggle.

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 need to do to survive in society, and what it might take to live in greater alignment with what really matters to them at a deeper level.

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

The starting point is to understand 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.

Book an Introductory Meeting