Simon Marshall

Simon Marshall is a trainee integrative counsellor, currently practicing in Wandsworth. He is a BACP registered student member and is working towards an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling with The Awareness Centre. Simon has experience supporting clients through NHS talking therapies and offers an integrative approach that combines different therapeutic perspectives to meet each client’s unique needs. His work is grounded in person-centred principles, with a focus on building a trusting, respectful, and collaborative therapeutic relationship. He draws on a range of approaches, including Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Transactional Analysis, and mindfulness-based techniques, to support clients in exploring their experiences and developing meaningful ways forward.

Simon’s approach is warm, compassionate, and individualised, recognising that each person brings their own history, strengths, and challenges into therapy. He believes that therapy is a collaborative process where clients are supported to explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences at their own pace. While recognising the importance of understanding the past, Simon also places value on working in the present and helping clients identify practical tools and perspectives that can support change in everyday life. He aims to create a safe, non-judgemental space where clients feel heard and empowered to develop greater self-awareness, resilience, and hope. Simon works transparently with clients, regularly checking in on what feels helpful and adapting his approach to ensure therapy remains responsive to their individual goals and needs.

Before becoming a counsellor, Simon worked as a writer, editor, and musician, and holds a degree in Philosophy and Creative Writing. His background has shaped his understanding of the importance of language, storytelling, and creativity in how people make sense of themselves and their experiences. Simon has a particular interest in supporting neurodivergent clients, drawing on his own lived experience of neurodivergence and late diagnosis to bring empathy and understanding to this area of work. He is experienced in supporting clients with concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, identity, life transitions, and navigating feelings of difference or not fitting in. Simon is particularly interested in the role creativity and self-expression can play in emotional wellbeing, offering clients alternative ways to explore and communicate experiences that may feel difficult to put into words. He brings curiosity, openness, and acceptance to his work with every client.