Healing Through Connection

We are inherently wired for connection—to ourselves and others. However, life’s challenges can sometimes leave us feeling isolated, stuck, or overwhelmed. Psychotherapy offers a safe and compassionate space to make sense of your experiences, gain clarity, and uncover the patterns that shape your emotional life and relationships.
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Services

Change begins with understanding yourself: mind, body, and soul

Awareness

Our work begins with reconnecting you to yourself. By exploring your thoughts, behaviours, and emotions, we develop greater awareness of how past experiences and internal beliefs influence your feelings and how you relate to others. We focus especially on your relationship with yourself, helping to strengthen the mind-body connection and uncover unconscious patterns. This increased awareness supports self-esteem, eases symptoms of anxiety and depression, and initiates the healing process from trauma. This foundation opens the door to meaningful self-discovery. You are invited to explore who you truly are, what you value, and the life you wish to create.

Recovery

Recovery involves restoring a sense of safety, empowerment, and choice. It doesn’t necessarily mean forgetting past traumas but learning how to live fully in the present despite them. Our collaborative work helps you develop skills to manage emotional overwhelm and reduce the impact of intrusive memories or triggers. Therapy is not about "fixing" you. Instead, it helps you reconnect with your strengths, build resilience, and forge a healing path that respects your unique needs.

Healing

Healing arises from gaining insight, expressing emotions, and shifting perspectives. Together, we will explore barriers to closeness, examining how earlier relationships and unresolved pain continue to influence your present. By making space for your emotions and understanding your protective patterns, you can start to make more conscious choices rather than reacting from old wounds. Lasting change begins here—in the ability to meet yourself and others with clarity, compassion, and agency.

Specialisms

Specialising in relationship therapy, somatic trauma healing, addiction recovery, and ADHD support

Relationship Therapy

We all seek meaningful, supportive relationships where we feel seen and understood. But unresolved patterns, past wounds, or miscommunication can create barriers to closeness.

Relationship psychotherapy offers a safe space to explore these dynamics. It’s not about placing blame but about gaining insight into how past experiences and internal narratives influence your connections with others. Through this process, you can rebuild trust, deepen your relationships, and develop healthier ways of relating.

Somatic Trauma Therapy

If talk therapy alone hasn’t felt enough, somatic therapy might offer a more embodied pathway to healing. This integrative approach works with both the emotional and physical effects of trauma, helping you access the wisdom stored in the body.

By tuning into bodily sensations and emotional cues, you can release stored trauma, regulate your nervous system, and regain a sense of safety. It’s a gentle yet powerful way to restore emotional balance and reconnect with your whole self.

Benefits:

  • Release trauma held in the body
  • Regulate emotions and nervous system
  • Reduce anxiety and stress
  • Develop healthier emotional patterns

Addiction Recovery

Addiction often stems from emotional pain, disconnection, and unprocessed trauma. Recovery involves much more than abstaining from a substance or behaviour—it’s about healing the underlying wounds, restoring self-worth, and creating a new path forward.

Addiction recovery therapy helps you:

  • Understand the emotional roots of addiction
  • Identify triggers and manage cravings
  • Build healthier coping strategies
  • Rebuild relationships impacted by addiction
  • Strengthen resilience and confidence
  • This process supports lasting sobriety by focusing on the whole person, not just the problem.

ADHD Coaching

ADHD affects how you focus, regulate emotions, and manage daily life. It can cause frustration, overwhelm, and self-doubt. ADHD-focused therapy and coaching help you understand how your brain works, identify barriers, and develop tailored strategies to thrive.

Together, we aim to:

  • Improve focus and organisation
  • Regulate emotional responses
  • Build effective routines
  • Reduce anxiety and stress
  • Embrace your strengths

This strengths-based approach is designed to support both personal and professional growth.

What I Offer

Specialising in relationship therapy, somatic trauma healing, addiction recovery, and ADHD support

Relationship Psychotherapy

Rebuilding trust, deepening connection, and understanding emotional patterns in relationships.

Somatic Trauma Therapy

Addressing both emotional and physical trauma to reveal the root cause of behavior.

Addiction Recovery

Healing emotional wounds, overcoming addiction, and building a life of lasting recovery.

ADHD

Managing focus, regulating emotions, and creating structure for everyday personal success.

Michael Swales MBACP, NCPS Acc. — Relationship Therapist

Supporting Couples & individuals through difficult times, with a focus on connection, the impact of trauma, and personal growth. I offer a compassionate and collaborative approach to therapy.

Services include:

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CEO & Leadership Coaching

Empowering CEOs and leaders to lead with clarity, connection, and confidence.

What is CEO Coaching?

CEO coaching is a tailored process that supports senior leaders and their teams in growing their self-awareness, strengthening team relationships, and leading with purpose. It’s about more than strategy—it’s about building a leadership culture rooted in trust, clarity, and emotional intelligence.

Benefits of CEO Coaching

  • Strengthen executive team relationships
  • Improve emotional self-awareness
  • Enhance strategic decision-making
  • Communicate with confidence and authenticity
  • Foster a culture of accountability and trust
  • Maintain high performance without burnout
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The Coaching Journey

Initial Meeting: Explore your goals and establish rapport. Assessment: Leadership diagnostics or feedback tools may be used. Goal Setting: Define clear, tailored leadership objectives. Ongoing Sessions: Focus on real-time challenges, including team dynamics. Live Coaching Support: Assist with difficult conversations or decisions. Review: Track progress and adjust goals as needed. Closure: Conclude by consolidating insights and developing a sustainable growth plan. If you are a CEO or executive looking to deepen your impact, align your team, and lead with greater confidence, coaching can be a transformative investment. Let’s Talk Whether you’re seeking healing, clarity, or growth, therapy and coaching offer a supportive, non-judgmental space to begin. Get in touch to book a consultation.
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What patients say​​

Real stories from people who found clarity, healing, and growth through therapy

Sarah Lewis34 — London
Michael helped me rebuild my self-worth and understand my emotions. His calm and supportive approach made a real difference. I feel more grounded and hopeful than ever.
James Reynolds41 — Manchester
I was hesitant about therapy, but Michael made it feel safe from the start. He helped me face painful memories without fear. I’ve found strength I didn’t know I had.
Aisha Khan28 — Birmingham
After years of low confidence, Michael helped me find clarity. His sessions felt like a space where I could truly be myself. I’ve grown stronger and more secure.

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Understanding Mental Health

Mental health shapes how we think, feel, and act. It affects how we cope with stress, connect with others, and navigate life. Like physical health, it can shift with life’s challenges, leaving us feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected.

Relationship psychotherapy helps couples understand the patterns in their communication and connection, the damage caused by the need to be right, and the art of communicating their wants and needs moderately and healthily.
Somatic trauma therapy focuses on the connection between mind and body to achieve a more connected state. By noticing how your body holds the stress, emotions, and past experiences, a deeper healing from trauma can be found.
Yes. These often overlap, and therapy can support you in managing both by building emotional self-regulation skills, understanding your triggers, improving focus, and working through emotional patterns that may fuel addiction.
Yes, therapy can help you reconnect with your emotions and body. The numbness has a protective quality that speaks of how you have been hurt. Therapy provides a safe space for you to explore what happened and begin the healing process.

Contact me

Appointments available

Monday - Saturday 8am – 8pm

Locations

Wimpole St. W1

Angel EC1

Working Hours

Farringdon EC1

Clapham SW4