Alistair Semmence
Alistair is a UKCP trainee integrative psychotherapist working with individual adults.
From Alistair:
I’m a mixed-race (British-Thai) and queer trainee psychotherapist.
I see therapy as a partnership, where we’ll start by building a strong and trusting relationship. I believe this is crucial to creating a sense of safety where we can explore and make sense of the difficulties you might be facing. Therapy is about having dedicated time and space to help foster curiosity about how we relate to ourselves and others. It's in this that I think therapy can be a radical act of self-care.
A core aspect of my approach involves understanding how you have been shaped by your experiences and how you’ve learned to cope with the challenges you’ve faced. I believe that we adapt to survive in the best way that we can and that we might reach a point where how we’ve adapted no longer works for us. There are difficult and painful realities of life that we sidestep for survival. Therapy can help move beyond just surviving and help transform us so we can live a more fulfilling and connected life.
I’m currently studying an MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy at the Metanoia Institute. Part of what integrative means is that I draw from a range of psychological theories, from neuroscience and other evidence-based approaches. Alongside my training, I’m a counsellor at CliniQ, a holistic wellbeing and sexual health clinic for trans, non-binary and gender diverse people and Transform, a low-cost counselling service.
Website: alistairsemmence.com
Email: hello@alistairsemmence.com