My Approach

Nick Shallow

‘I believe therapy gives people a regular and confidential space to talk about their worries, problems or a chance to explore more about themselves. Talking to therapist in a confidential setting can help people gain a new or different perspective. This can lead to changes in how they feel about themselves, relationships with others as well as their thinking and behaviour’.

I am a currently a qualified and UKCP accredited Children’s Mental Health Therapist. I trained at TACT on the Children’s Psychotherapeutic Counselling Course. My training helped me explore a range of different theories and I am confident across several integrated therapies. I use a relational model and believe that a good therapeutic-client rapport is vital for growth. My experience with children and young people is stretched over nine years. Initially, as a sports coach and a primary school teacher before qualifying as a therapist. I have worked with a range of ages from five to seventeen years of age. Additionally, I have worked with children from a variety of backgrounds, gender, ethnicities and non-English speaking children via an interpreter.

I have a range of knowledge of the presenting issues: anxiety and low self-esteem, complex-trauma, sexual abuse, bereavement and loss, self-harm, domestic violence, family and relational issues.

I have also recently begun formal training of the Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy at TACT and I am available to work from the Redcar or Norton offices with children/young people and adults (offering a lower cost for adult clients).

I work with

• Children and young people
• Companies
• Individuals
• Private healthcare referrals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Child Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

What I can help with

• Abuse
• ADHD
• Adoption
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Autism
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Cancer
• Chronic Illness
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Disability
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence
• Employment Difficulties
• Family
• Gender
• Health-related Issues
• Identity Problems
• Mental Health Issues
• Obsessions
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Online Counselling
• Parents
• Physical Abuse
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Race Issues
• Relationships
• Separation
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Suicide
• Telephone Counselling
• Transgender
• Trauma
• Workplace Counselling