About Me: CBT Therapist in North Lincolnshire

I’m Russ, a BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist and former Mental Health Nurse, with over 18 years’ experience working in mental health.

Over that time, I’ve worked with people from all sorts of backgrounds and with a wide range of difficulties. One thing I’ve learned is that there rarely is a simple explanation for why we end up feeling the way we do. Sometimes life has become overwhelming, sometimes we’ve been through difficult experiences, and sometimes we simply find ourselves stuck in patterns that aren’t working for us anymore.

That’s where CBT can help.

How I work

I see therapy as something we work on together, rather than something where I sit back and tell you what to do.

CBT gives us a way of making sense of what’s happening — looking at the connections between your thoughts, feelings, behaviour and the situations you find yourself in. From there, we can start to understand the patterns that might be keeping things going and find practical ways of doing things differently.

I try to keep therapy warm, straightforward and human. You don't need to know anything about CBT before we start, and you certainly don't need to have everything figured out. We can start wherever you are and work things out together.

A little more about me

Outside of therapy, I’m happiest outdoors. I’ve grown up with the landscapes of rural Lincolnshire around me and have always had a strong connection with nature. I’m an avid hiker and forager, and much of my spare time is spent exploring the countryside, walking with the dogs, or simply being outside.

That connection with nature has naturally become part of how I work.

CBT is at the heart of my practice, but I also offer outdoor sessions for people who feel they would benefit from stepping away from the traditional therapy environment. Sometimes walking alongside someone can make having a difficult conversation feel a little easier. Sometimes being outside simply gives us a different space in which to think.

For me, the important thing is that therapy fits the person, rather than expecting the person to fit a particular model of therapy.

What you can expect from me

I’ll bring my professional experience and knowledge of CBT, but also my experience of working with people as people — not just as diagnoses or problems to be fixed.

I’ll listen, ask questions, sometimes challenge you when it might be helpful, and work with you to make sense of what you're experiencing.

Whether we meet online, outdoors, or somewhere in between, the aim is the same:

to understand what’s going on, make sense of the patterns you're caught in, and find a way forward that feels meaningful to you.

If you’d like to see whether my approach feels like the right fit for you, let’s have a brief, informal chat.