David Spivey, BACP

David Spivey is a UK-licensed therapist with 16 years of professional experience who focuses on helping people navigate relationship issues, grief, self-esteem concerns, compassion fatigue, stress and anxiety, family and intimacy matters, anger, career challenges, and life transitions. He holds the BACP credential - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and brings a blend of counselling and coaching skills to his work, shaped by a humanistic, relational approach within a transpersonal framework that allows space for metaphor, dreams, images and stories.

His background spans retail, two decades as a construction business owner, and more recent roles as a manager in the voluntary sector supporting homeless young adults and unpaid carers. He has also volunteered in a hospice supporting bereaved relatives and served as a business mentor for the Princes Trust. These varied roles inform his understanding of the practical and emotional pressures people face, including caregiver stress, divorce and separation, family problems, fatherhood issues, infidelity, midlife transitions, money worries, workplace difficulties and questions about life purpose.

David works with people from diverse ages and backgrounds and recognises that common themes such as depression, anxiety, relationship strain or financial pressure can appear in very different ways for each person. He creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored, and he supports clients in finding fresh perspectives and clearer understanding of their own path. Sessions are tailored to the individual's needs, drawing on approaches such as attachment-based work, client-centred methods, Jungian and psychodynamic ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused techniques and Internal Family Systems.

David emphasises that taking the first step toward a more fulfilling life requires courage, and he positions himself as a supportive companion in that process. He integrates counselling and coaching with a soulful perspective to help clients reflect, make meaning, and move toward outcomes they value. "You can't go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending" - CS Lewis