Sean Trevarthen

Sean Trevarthen is a fully qualified counsellor living and practising in the Scottish Borders, United Kingdom. His initial studies were integrative, combining person-centred and psychodynamic approaches, and he completed professional training on a psychodynamic course that emphasised human relations and the connections people form with others from birth throughout their lives.

His therapeutic stance draws together elements of that training - acceptance, empathy and openness are used to support growth and self-healing while an awareness of interpersonal patterns helps illuminate past and present relationships. Nature and the wider environment are important to him, and he is happy to consider outdoor and walking therapy as part of the work.

Sean also has a long-standing interest in existentialism and holds the view that people have the capacity to create meaning and to find a measure of peace within themselves even when life feels chaotic or painful.

Over the past five years he has accumulated hundreds of hours in practice, working with clients of all ages and backgrounds to address issues such as trauma and abuse, bereavement, relationship breakdown, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, isolation, body dysmorphia, self-harm, suicidal thoughts and questions of sexual identity.