David Mayes

David Mayes is a UK-licensed talking therapies counsellor with eight years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns. He supports people presenting with depression, stress and anxiety, substance misuse and other addictions including porn, bereavement and loss, relationship and sexuality difficulties, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues.

He is comfortable working with alternative sexual and lifestyle choices and is open to clients who identify with kink communities. As a mixed-race counsellor, he brings an informed awareness of racial, cultural and identity matters, including particular insight into Chinese and South East Asian experiences.

David has provided both short- and long-term therapy in a variety of settings, including face-to-face work within IAPT, the NHS and a forensic (prison) environment, as well as through online and telephone sessions, with clients both within the UK and internationally.

His therapeutic manner is welcoming, friendly and approachable, aimed at helping clients feel at ease so they can explore their concerns. He works from a humanistic orientation, valuing genuineness and empathy, and emphasises polite, respectful treatment of each person’s individuality. David aims to empower clients to make the changes they want and to achieve meaningful, lasting progress, and he welcomes contact from those who would like to work alongside him.