Psychotherapist,
Counsellor and coach
based in Cobham, Surrey
Hello, and a very warm welcome to my site. I’m John-Paul Davies, an experienced UKCP and BACP registered therapist practising face-to-face in Cobham, Surrey and nationally and internationally online. I often have a bit of a waiting list for sessions, but do get in contact and hopefully we can make it work.
The UKCP code of ethics unfortunately doesn’t allow client testimonials on websites. People often understandably value reading about others’ experiences when choosing a therapist, so, to offer some insight into how I work, I’ve included excerpts from Amazon reviews of my self-help book (full reviews on Amazon.co.uk), my online course and Google business reviews throughout this site.
For more accessibility in terms of time and cost, I’ve also produced the self-help book and online self-help course available below.
your trusted place
There’s real and unique potential both for healing and change in the trusting relationship between psychotherapist/counsellor/coach and client.
The issues bringing you to this site might be standing in your way, but this can change as no-one is predestined to be a certain type of person living a certain kind of life or always feeling a certain way.
Alongside this, sometimes the work can be as much about appreciating and valuing more of who you currently are and what you already have in your life.
We would aim to help you to learn how individual elements are creating your symptoms or causing you to feel unsatisfied or distressed. From here, you’ll see how things can be different, in order for you to shape the life you want for yourself.
Find out more about how therapy might be able to help you here.
My approach
My training combined traditional psychotherapy theory with more contemporary techniques. This enables your individuality to be reflected in the therapy, working in a style designed to suit you.
My principal therapeutic approach is integrative, meaning that it can take in all or some of the major schools of psychotherapy. It’s often also important to discover and nurture your strengths, rather than just focussing on correcting perceived problems and shortcomings.
Please also visit my Qualifications page for more background.
My YouTube channel and podcast contain lots of free mental health and wellbeing advice too if you think that might be helpful. The trailer for the YouTube channel is here. A review of the channels in UKCP’s New Psychotherapist Summer issue 2023 (full review here, page 15) says:
‘I recommend them to anyone who wants to delve deeper into their own process or to work more effectively with clients… Davies is an engaging therapist who shifts between active discussion and reflective process with ease and insight.. and embodies the spirit of doing the thing he loves.’
“Wonderful - accessible, insightful and very helpful”
“It is as if you were sitting with him in the therapy space. His encouragement resonates throughout. As a doctor of many decades I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking a more meaningful and fulfilled life.”
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You’ll see my self-help book called Finding a Balanced Connection, is available on the ‘Book’’ page of this site. It’s also available on Amazon (the book currently has a 4.7/5 star rating on there) and, if you’d rather buy from an independent business, I’m pleased to say it’s stocked in both the Cobham Bookshop (one of the last remaining independent bookshops in the area) and the Arty Elf shop in East Molesey.
feedback
“I booked some therapy time with the author and I can honestly say that the time and money I invested in the process was literally life changing… I cannot recommend working with John-Paul, and this book, more highly.”
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“He is so approachable that it makes the daunting idea of "seeing a therapist" much easier...clients have always valued his kind, insightful, relaxed and grounded way of being.”
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“When you are in very scary place you are looking for light and life, even if it seems to be in someone else’s eyes. There is plenty of challenge in someone being so observant: he does not miss anything. John-Paul creates a space in which you can face reality, including the joy of living …even when you had almost forgotten what it was.”
Life Unlimited: Ten Steps To Real Change
If you’re feeling stuck, lost or lacking in purpose, or looking to experience more happiness, contentment and fulfilment in your life, my practical online wellbeing self-help course, ‘Life Unlimited: Ten Steps to Real Change’, will share with you the key, proven learnings that have created the most meaningful and lasting impact on the lives of my clients over the years. You can watch the trailer clip for the course below.
“The course is packed with valuable content, yet John-Paul’s warm, non-judgemental style makes it feel more as if a friend is sharing some wonderful wisdom. 100% recommend.”
Below is also a video testimonial that someone who completed the course has kindly provided:
career change and private practice Coaching
I now offer a one-to-one coaching service for anyone wanting to make the change of career to a psychotherapist/counsellor and for student therapist/counsellors and therapists wanting to set up and then develop their own private therapy practice. You’ll see more information about this on the Therapist Coaching page of this website. If you’d like to know more about this, please do get in contact with me via my contact page.
