Nathan Dean

Nathan Dean (he/him, cis/het) is a person-centered therapist based in the United Kingdom who works with clients across the world. With four years of clinical experience, he creates a therapeutic space that centers on each person’s lived experience and personal perspective.

As a person-centered practitioner, Nathan focuses on exploring what will work specifically for each client rather than offering direct advice. He aims to build a safe, non-judgemental environment where clients can take the lead - he will guide and, when appropriate, challenge - but the core remains the client’s time and pace.

Nathan draws on techniques and theory from gestalt and CBT and continues to study other modalities to shape a holistic approach. He brings together ideas from the western therapeutic canon while also working to decolonise his practice and tailor methods to individual needs.

One of the options he offers is a Mental Health MOT - an initial six-session review to map elements of life and identify what is working and where change might help. Tools such as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and the Japanese concept of Ikigai are used to assess current priorities and goals and to plan next steps.

As a Covid Conscious therapist, Nathan honours clients who continue to isolate or take extra precautions. He provides space to discuss isolation, boundary setting, and finding communities with shared values around cautiousness, and he offers resources and insights related to being immunocompromised or living with disability. He also runs a group session on this platform for people who identify as COVID cautious to meet one another.

Living with disability is part of Nathan’s lived experience. He has a stoma bag and lives with Crohn’s Disease and an ileostomy stoma, which informs his understanding of conditions that affect energy, daily routines, and care needs. He works with people living with Crohn’s, IBS, Colitis, stomas, and other gastric or non-visible disabilities to explore practical adjustments and wellbeing strategies. He often reminds clients that therapy is not about right or wrong but about what serves them and what does not.

Nathan works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, relationships, family issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting, anger, career matters, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. He identifies as a male, liberal therapist. For more information he can be found at www.pronoiacounselling.com.