ABOUT ME
Adam Crowther
MBACP (Accred), MSc, PGDip, BA (Hons)
Pronouns: He/Him
I am a qualified humanistic therapist providing counselling (short-term) and psychotherapy (longer-term) for individuals over the age of 18. I am an Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
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My Approach
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I focus on the Gestalt and Existential approaches to therapy. My approach primarily explores your here-and-now experience and can help you creatively manage a decision, event or crisis, or explore deeper aspects of yourself and your relationships.
My style is informal, honest, empathic, and sometimes experimental. It helps explore how you notice and meet your needs, or ignore them to protect yourself. It invites you to expand your flexibility to be different, sometimes contradictory things (strong and vulnerable, serious and funny, solitary and sociable), allowing you to be adaptive in a changing world.
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I work relationally, which means that how we perceive each other moment-to-moment is an important source of information. I might share what I notice about you, myself, or the dynamic between us in particular moments. I encourage you to do the same. Talking honestly and immediately about each other like this can feel scary or risky in our everyday relationships. However, therapy is a safe space to practice this without risk of criticism or rejection, and to notice the insights it can lead to.
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What therapy is not
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Many clients think that I can "fix" them, which I cannot do. Only objects can be broken and fixed. No matter how much information I know about you, I cannot know the reasons for your struggles or what you need to do to change or heal. If you are looking for someone to tell you these things, then I might not be the right person for you. I am not an expert on life but a "wounded healer", with my own emotional and relational struggles outside of the therapy room. My role is to meet you human-to-human and to facilitate a collaborative discussion in which you can deepen your self-awareness and discover your own personal manual on how to live your life.
My Background
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I graduated with a Masters in Experimental Psychology in 2014 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling in 2019. I was a psychology research assistant at King's College London and the NHS, exploring the Recovery Approach and a digital therapy for psychosis. I have delivered psycho-educational groups on shame, supported older people in their homes, and worked with people with a wide range of diagnoses, including eating disorders, borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, and psychosis.
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My pronouns are he/him, I identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, and I have worked with clients from this community for many years. I have a passion for celebrating gender, sexual, and relationship diversity (GSRD) and provide a safe space to explore these aspects of identity.
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I am a founding member of Rampion Counselling & Psychotherapy, a collective of LGBTQ-affirmative therapists in Brighton: www.rampioncounselling.org.uk
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My Professional Standards
I am a fully insured and belong to the BACP Register, a register of therapists approved by the Professional Standards Authority of Health and Social Care. I attend regular supervision to maintain my professional development and adherence to ethical and professional standards, and have an on-going commitment to continuous professional development. I take your privacy seriously and I collect, store and process personal data in line with current UK GDPR laws.
QUALIFICATIONS
PGDip Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling
University of Brighton
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MSc Experimental Psychology
University of Sussex
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Cognitive Remediation Therapy Qualification
King's College London
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Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body
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Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body
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BA (Hons) Classics
University of Oxford
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Gender, Sexual & Relationship Diversity (GSRD)
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LGBTQ+ affirmative practice
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HIV Awareness
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Suicide intervention (ASIST and SafeTALK)
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Working at Relational Depth
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Working Therapeutically with Sand Trays
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Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression
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Peer Mentoring & Personal Development
AREAS OF INTEREST
I welcome all experiences, from depression, anxiety, suicide and self-harm, to trauma and physical or emotional abuse, from work and relationship difficulties, to isolation, confusion or feeling stuck. Particular interests include:
Identity – Affirming and exploring confusion or changes in how you define yourself.
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Loss – Not only bereavement, but also loss of the past, a career, a relationship, a role (e.g. mother), or part of yourself.
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Needs – Responding to our needs, putting ourselves or others first, particularly understanding, expressing and responding to our emotions.
Improvisation – Being present and creative in our moment-to-moment responses (I have a background in classical and folk music).
Language – The stories we tell about ourselves, and how the words we use change our experience of ourselves, others and the world.