Close-up portrait of Tim Mattia the psychotherapist and therapeutic coach for the creative industries, wearing a black t-shirt, standing indoors with a blurred background.

TIM MATTIA

BA, DipIC, MBACP

Psychotherapist & Therapeutic Coach

I believe good therapy should feel like a conversation with a purpose. But you don’t need to know exactly where to begin, have the right words, or arrive with a carefully prepared account of everything you want to explore. We can start with what’s happening for you now and work from there.

My approach is grounded in person-centred and psychodynamic theory. I’m interested in both the person you are today and the experiences that helped shape you: your relationships, family, history, beliefs, defences and the ways you’ve learned to cope with life. Where appropriate, I also draw on therapeutic coaching to help you clarify what you want, identify practical next steps and move towards your goals with greater confidence.

Before becoming a therapist, I spent more than two decades working internationally as a video director and photographer in the music and film industries. This gave me a particular understanding of the pressures that can accompany creative, freelance, demanding and public-facing careers.

You certainly don’t need to work in a creative industry to work with me. I see people from a wide range of backgrounds and at very different stages of life. Most importantly, I want therapy and therapeutic coaching with me to be somewhere you can bring your whole self, including the parts you’re still trying to understand.

If you’re considering therapy and think we might work well together, you’re very welcome to get in touch, and we can take it from there.