Healing Through Connection
Services
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
Services include:
- Relationship Therapy
- Addiction Recovery
- ADHD Coaching
- Somatic & Experiential Therapy
- Individual Psychotherapy (in-person & online)
- CEO & Leadership Coaching
- In-person and online appointments available
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
The Coaching Journey
What patients say
Real stories from people who found clarity, healing, and growth through therapy
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Appointments available
Monday - Saturday 8am – 8pm
Locations
Wimpole St. W1
Angel EC1
Working Hours
Farringdon EC1
Clapham SW4
