Services

  • Attend weekly*, in-person or online from anywhere in the world via Video call, Chat, Email or Telephone

  • Psychotherapy and Analysis (for legal age adults)

  • Counselling

  • Personal Development

  • Choose your level of support and challenge, from low, to high input, feedback and guidance

  • Optional extra support between sessions via my website existential-resources.com, which contains hundreds of original articles, audio recordings, guided meditations and personal supplementary support via email

*Fortnightly or staggered attendance is not possible at present

“Existential Analysis is fundamentally non-pathologising of people, and views and relates to individuals in human terms rather than via problems or diagnostic labels.”
— existential-analysis.com

  • Individuals (legal age adults), Couples, Family and Group Psychotherapy

    Comprehensive Psychosocial Assessments and Reviews

    Extensive psycho-educational resources included as standard (over 350 articles and audio recordings to support your therapy)

    Mediation and Conflict Resolution

    Consultation, Analysis and Assessment: for families, groups, business and professional

Online or In-Person

You can attend sessions in-person if you live locally in Glasgow, or online via Skype if you live elsewhere in the world. Appointments are booked the same way via the ‘Book an Appointment’ page.

I work online with patients from all over the world including all parts of the UK, Europe, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and other places where English-speaking patients reside or travel. Wherever you live in the world and however you are travelling you can receive effective help and professional support at home or on the move: all you need is a laptop or smartphone with SKYPE installed.

“Stephen provides a unique service in psychotherapy with in-depth work that you might not get elsewhere. He really opens your mind to new ways of thinking and dealing with the stresses of everyday life and past trauma. I appreciate his honesty and patience. I also love that he teaches meditation which is something I have been interested in for years but never got around to learning. It was great to have a session purely about meditation and I'm sure I will be back for more. Thank you again!”

~ testimonial by N.K.

    • Time-limited or open-ended work

    • Extensive online resources

    • Optional Supplementary Support in between sessions

    • Psychosocial assessments and therapeutic support planning as standard

    • Written assessment and problem formulation summaries available

    • Also available in sessions as standard:

    • Trauma Work (various methods, including Bilateral Stimulation, Aggression Work and Somatic Experiencing)

    • Breath Work and Pranayama

    • Yoga tuition for stress, tension, anxiety and depression

    • Makko Ho stretches

    • HRV Biofeedback Training

    • Yoga Nidra and other forms of guided relaxation

    • All forms of meditation instruction

    • Body awareness and grounding work

    • Therapeutic use of art and writing possible

    • Extensive Written and Audio Resources

  • Some people are really only looking for some quick relief from their feelings, habits and problems in a few sessions. Technique-driven therapies aimed at alleviating symptoms are more appropriate for such patients.

    Existential Analysis and Integrative Psychotherapy are depth approaches to psychotherapy aimed at resolving the root causes of our suffering, not techniques to suppress or ease symptoms. Depth psychotherapy relies upon patient and therapist building a trusting, honest relationship, which allows you to go deeply into your experiences in order to make changes at a foundation level, rather than skimming the surface. This requires a great deal of truthfulness and openness. Depth psychotherapy is therefore most suited to very conscientious, motivated people who are willing to face the challenges of resolving the root causes of their suffering by co-creating a safe, respectful, straight-talking relationship.

    Depth psychotherapy can encompass not only the inner psychological realm of problems, but - if you choose - the wider contexts that produce and maintain mental distress: our relationships, workplaces, our histories, our society, culture, the political and economic pressures we feel, and our unmet spiritual needs to make sense of the bigger picture.

    • low self-esteem, poor self-image

    • comparing Self to others

    • insecurity, lack of personal identity, unstable sense of Self

    • lack of confidence, assertiveness or direction

    • self-empowerment and freedom from subservience to 'authority'

    • loneliness, social isolation, feeling 'disconnected', 'not fitting in'

    • the scapegoat* and how to stay sane in an insane family, group, society etc

    • outsiders, non-conformists, unique, shy, highly sensitive or solitary individuals

    • dissociation, derealisation/ depersonalisation

    • deliberate self-harm, self-loathing

    • overcoming entitlement and narcissism; jealousy and destructive envy

    • passive-aggression

    • procrastination and avoidance

    • body image, body dysmorphia and other perceptual disorders

    • addressing the underlying causes of self-starvation, eating disorders and addictions

    • lack of support in life, not coping

    • depression, unhappiness in life, lack of meaning

    • dreams, nightmares

    • coming to terms with who you are and your 'shadow side'

    • psychiatric diagnostic labels - please enquire

    • addictions** and phobias

    **except substance misuse - you must be free of any dependency on alcohol or recreational drugs before engaging with psychotherapy

*The Scapegoat

Family scapegoating of one or more family members is extremely common.  The family project all of their unwanted feelings and qualities onto the child so that she grows up with a perverted idea of her own identity. Scapegoating is one of the most corrupt, and essentially evil things the group can do to an individual, and is seen in the same mistreatment of adults in the dysfunctional family, workplace, social group and society: groups that routinely attack whistleblowers, dissidents, and people of integrity who dare tell the truth.  The scapegoated individual can convince himself that the group's views about him are true, and that his own experiences are false.  This is one of the most powerful ways society creates 'mental illness' in family members, partners, employees, patients, and citizens, whereby the individual's mental disturbance is then used as 'evidence' that he or she is deserving of scapegoat status.  The real problem is not the individual, but the cowardice, dishonesty, immorality and cruelty of those who stigmatise and scapegoat any person who fails to play the game.

    • A troubled or abusive past or present

    • Traumatic events (loss, all forms of abuse, rape, violence)

    • Post Traumatic Stress (associated with PTSD and c-PTSD, DD, DID for example)

    • Childhood- and family-related difficulties

    • Living with regrets, guilt, shame, tragedy or loss

    • Anticipatory anxiety, worry habits

    • Stress and panic attacks

    • Fears and phobias

    • Anger and aggression

    • Social anxiety and phobia

    • Retirement, loss and bereavement anxiety

    • Generalised anxiety and trauma-related anxiety

    • Existential anxiety: death, isolation, freedom, meaninglessness

    • Fear of Engulfment: being easily overstimulated or overwhelmed

    • Difficulty coping with emotions

    • Guilt, shame, embarassment, vulnerability and other difficult feelings

    • Addictions, emotional eating

  • All problems, including:

    • Workplace, family, partner, social group problems

    • Habits of choosing and settling for the wrong partners and friends

    • Surviving and healing from betrayal, deceit and infidelity

    • Healing and being better prepared before looking for another relationship

    • Difficulties with intimacy, openness, expressing oneself

    • Coping with a relationship ending

    • Co-dependency

    • Insecure attachment/ fear of being alone

    • Controlling behaviour

    • Mediation between separated or conflicted partners and family members

    • Surviving an exploitative/ abusive relationship (including narcissistic or sociopathic exploitation; sexual, emotional, financial and other forms of abuse)

    • Surviving childhood abuse and poor parenting

    • Domestic violence (both sides)

    • Anger, rage, violence and passive-aggression

    • Bereavement, grief and loss

    • Sex, sexual intimacy and sexual problems

    • Develop and improve social skills

    • Empathy

    • Confidence

    • Authenticity

    • Non-Violent Communication Skills

    • Ending subservience and people pleasing

    • Developing effective boundaries

    • Developing your interpersonal ‘radar’ and self-protection when engaging with others

    • Skills in identifying and dealing with highly toxic people, including Narcissistic-Sociopathic individuals

    • Finding the right partner and avoiding the wrong people along the way

    • Personal Development

    • Existential Awareness Development

    • Life Assessment and Review

    • Re-discovering deeper Life Purpose and Meaning

    • Creativity and Creative Impasse Resolution

    • Personal Authenticity Development

    • Present-Centred Awareness Development (a wide variety of practices available)

    • Grounding: Relaxation, Stress and Anxiety management

    • Developing Personal Spiritual Practices

    • Spirituality and Soul: Developing a personally meaningful existential practice

    • Learning to live by conscience in a society of diminishing conscience

    • Individual yoga tuition and other body work

    • Meditation tuition (Mindfulness, Zen, Yoga etc)

    • Emotional and body awareness development

    • Non-Violent Communication Skills

    • Developing Critical Awareness: political, cultural, medical and social dimensions

    • Which therapy? The main types of psychotherapy and counselling people offer and how these approaches work. How to know who and what is right for you.

    • Changing the relationship you have with your own thoughts and emotions with meditation and yoga (e.g. anxiety, depression, OCD etc)

    • Anxiety, grounding and learning to breathe

    • Living with chronic pain

    • Learning Non-Violent Communication

    • Developing Critical Awareness: political, cultural and social dimensions

    • Psychosocial support for helpers and carers

    • How to help others help themselves

    • Personal Authenticity: the courage to be

    • ‘Burn out’: prevention and recovery

    • Challenges, pressures and support strategies for students and young adults

    • How to start addressing traumatic experiences in a safe way

    • Survive and thrive as a non-conformist/ minority/ outsider

    • Getting help with mental health whilst limiting the risk of stigmatisation

    • Spiritual Development

    • Critical Awareness development