Matthew Whitfield

I have worked in voluntary settings and private practice for 9 years. I have particular experience in working with clients who identify as LGBTQ+ or who are exploring their sexuality and/or gender expression. I am a cisgender gay man and use he/him pronouns. I am a UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy) accredited psychotherapist and subscribe to its Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Conduct.

My training as a psychotherapist has taken place at Birkbeck, University of London and the Metanoia Institute. I hold an MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy, a Clinical Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and a Diploma in Integrative Psychodynamic Counselling.

I want to help you rediscover yourself. There are so many parts of our past and our present that can take us far from where and who we would like to be – I view one of the main goals of psychotherapy as helping to guide us back.

I work in an integrative way – this means I don’t subscribe to a single idea or theory that explains everything about what might cause our problems. Instead, I’m interested in how thinking about your life from a range of different perspectives and helping to re-connect the parts of you that might feel lost.