Aaren Smith, NCPS

Aaren Smith is a qualified person-centred therapist accredited by the National Counselling Psychotherapy Society (NCPS), a professional organisation that recognises training and standards in counselling and psychotherapy. With nine years of clinical experience, he draws on a client-centred approach to build therapeutic relationships founded on trust, compassion, empathy, genuineness and acceptance, with an eye for appropriate moments of lightness and humour.

He aims to create sessions where people can bring their authentic selves and explore thoughts and feelings in a judgement-free space. Aaren works collaboratively, recognising each person as the expert of their own life and offering support to help make sense of experiences, emotions and options. Rather than relying on counselling stereotypes of passive nodding and repetitive questions, he adopts an engaged style that acknowledges when situations are difficult and focuses on practical meaning and choice.

Aaren works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, LGBT issues, family problems, grief, eating and food-related issues, parenting, anger, career matters, compassion fatigue and ADHD, along with related focus areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, caregiver stress, commitment and control issues, impulsivity, isolation, jealousy, guilt and shame. He provides therapy in English and is based in the United Kingdom, offering a collaborative, person-centred style that prioritises the client’s perspective and autonomy.