My first priority is to build a good relationship where you feel safe and heard. I have a compassionate, empathic and non-judgemental approach to psychotherapy, which helps create the therapeutic relationship for your journey towards improved mental health and well-being. Whilst the sessions will primarily led by you to allow personal exploration, I will help guide and work with you to to unpack the narrative and identify any limiting beliefs, life scripts or mindset etc, that may be keeping you stuck.
I have training and experience as a BACP registered Integrated Psychotherapist dealing with various issues such as addictions, bereavement, anxiety, depression, divorce/separation, body dysmorphia, low self-esteem, and much more. Being an Integrated Psychotherapist allows me to utilise various approaches and skill sets and to tailor these to your individual needs. I have trained in modalities such as Person Centred, CBT, Gestalt, Narrative and Attachment.
I have further training in coaching, mindfulness, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) which broadens my therapeutic toolbox. I integrate these into my practice where appropriate to help you address your issues and achieve personal growth and healing.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Qualifications/Training
-Level 7 Post Graduate Diploma- Integrated Psychotherapy
-Addiction Therapy
-Substance Misuse Counselling
-Greif and Loss-John Wilson
-Existential Anxiety
-Practitioner Mindfulness
-Practitioner Life Coaching
-Practitioner NLP
-Recovery Pathways
-Gabor Mate - Compassionate Enquiry
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #401891
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Andrew Leighton. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
I have never felt as "heard" as I do when speaking to Andrew. He is able to listen as well as ask pertinent questions to help me dig deeper and understand more. He is very good at relating things I say, which at the time feel random to me, back to concerns I had brought up previously in a way that helps me to understand my behaviours and thought processes. He has also provided a lot of really useful resources to help me better learn the concepts we talk about and put things into practise between sessions.
Written on Feb 14, 2025 after therapy with Andrew for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and adhd