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Existential Therapy Leeds
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BACP Existential Theraputic Counsellor.

I'm not a regular therapist, I'm an existential therapist.

https://existentialtherapyleeds.co.uk/
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Next off my reading pile, I am taking a break from psychotherapy to read something more aligned with some of my other interests.
Cover of The Aleister Crowley Collection. It depicts the unicursal hexagram surrounded by other occult symbols.
October 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Very much looking forward to doing this online today.

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Poster advertising the 3rd Annual Living & Working with Neurodivergence Conference: Mental Health & Wellbeing.
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Next off my reading pile. Preordered this book as soon as it was announced. Arrived yesterday so I am wasting no time getting into it.
Cover of A Phenomenology of Racism in Counselling and Psychotherapy by Dwight Turner. Also in frame is a grey ceramic coffee cup filled to the brim with black coffee.
September 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Next off my reading pile. Hopefully this will help me with my EAP work.

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Cover of Time-Limited Existential Therapy: The Wheel of Existence by Alison Strasser.
August 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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A birthday gift from my beloved spouse.

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Box art for Horrible Therapist: A card game where you make very unpleasant comics. It depicts a therapist wrapper taking notes while a person lays on a couch.
August 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Happy Yorkshire Day! I may only be a Yorkshireman by marriage but this has been my home for nearly ten years and is likely where I will proudly live until the end of my days.

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The flag of Yorkshire: The White Rose of York on a field of azure blue.
August 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Next book off my reading pile is not CPD, for once, but something of a more personal interest.
Cover of Queering Your Craft by Cassandra Snow. It depicts a rainbow coloured pentacle.
July 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Upcoming Therapist Cafés Sheffield Saturday 6 September Leeds 13 September Hull 20 September Sunday 12 October
July 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Still time to sign up for my CPD workshop on Saturday.
TTRPG Therapy Skills Workshop Saturday 26th July 14:00 - 17:00 GMT Online via Zoom In this CPD workshop you will learn therapy skills inspired by Table Top Role Playing Games (TTRPGs). This workshop will be run by a BACP registered therapeutic counsellor and experienced Games Master. No experience of TTRPGS is necessary. Learn creative ways to help your clients work on: - Social Thinking & Social Communication - Self Awareness and Identity Development - Emotional Awareness and Regulation - Critical thinking and Problem Solving The guide price for this event is £30.00 paid by bank transfer. However, I appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. In the interests of inclusivity, this event has a self select fee policy. Please email michael_existential@protonmail.com to reserve your place.
July 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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The next Therapist’s Café social and networking event is York on Sunday.

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Sunday 27th July 11 AM - 1 PM THERAPIST CAFÉ A regular meet up to connect, make friends, eat cake, sip coffee and enjoy a relaxed chat. York House of Trembling Madness: Taxidermy Snug, 14 Lendal, YO1 8AA
July 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Marched in Leeds Pride with Central Yorkshire Scouts.
July 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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I am running another table top role playing game theraputic group session. This is intended for clients rather than therapists. Do pass this information on to any of your clients that you think might benefit from it.

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Tabletop Therapy Friday 25th July 18:00 - 21:00 GMT Online via Zoom - This will be a tabletop roleplaying game session run by a BACP registered therapeutic counsellor. - This is an opportunity for personal development while also engaging in a sociable hobby. - Clients will be encouraged to therapeutically explore aspects of self. - Evidence based approach to the use of TTRPGs as a theraputic tool. - A range of a safety tools will be in use - This session will be therapeutic but is not intended as a substitute for therapy. - This session will particularly benefit those who want to put skills gained in therapy into practice in a safe, structured environment. The guide price for this event is £10.00 paid by bank transfer. However, I appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. In the interests of inclusivity, this event has a self select fee policy. Please email michael_existential@protonmail.com to reserve your place.
June 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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I am going to be running an online workshop teaching therapists skills adapted from my experiences running table top role playing games (i.e. Dungeons & Dragons).

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TTRPG Therapy Skills Workshop Saturday 26th July 14:00 - 17:00 GMT Online via Zoom In this CPD workshop you will learn therapy skills inspired by Table Top Role Playing Games (TTRPGs). This workshop will be run by a BACP registered therapeutic counsellor and experienced Games Master. No experience of TTRPGS is necessary. Learn creative ways to help your clients work on: - Social Thinking & Social Communication - Self Awareness and Identity Development - Emotional Awareness and Regulation - Critical thinking and Problem Solving The guide price for this event is £30.00 paid by bank transfer. However, I appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. In the interests of inclusivity, this event has a self select fee policy. Please email michael_existential@protonmail.com to reserve your place.
June 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Next book off my reading pile is some meat & potatoes CPD.

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Cover to Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy (3rd Edition) by Emmy Van Deurzen.
June 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Having just finished Rollo May’s The Cry for Myth, it seems appropriate to select this as the next book off my reading pile.

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Cover of Queer As Folklore by Sasha Coward
June 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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For what it is worth, my cat does also seem to like the actual bed.
A cat in a sphinx pose on a small hammock. A cat curled up on a small hammock.
May 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Well, the new cat bed I ordered is already a success…
A cat is laid resting on top of a cardboard delivery box.
May 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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On to the next book off my reading pile.

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The Cry For Myth by Rollo May
April 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Very excited to be running this tomorrow. Looking forward to networking and socialising with other therapists in Leeds. Kind of surreal that my silly little idea has become a reoccurring event and is expanding to other cities in Yorkshire.

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Therapist Cafe Saturday 5 April
April 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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I am slowly starting to chip away at my reading pile.
A reading pile consisting of Fear and Trembling, Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy in Practice, Queer As Folklore, Bedtime Stories for Tired Therapists and The Cry For Myth.
March 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Choose 20 counselling/psychotherapy books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One books per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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Cover of On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers.
March 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Choose 20 counselling/psychotherapy books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One books per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#TherapistsConnect #TherapistSky
Cover of On Suicide by David Hume.
March 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Choose 20 counselling/psychotherapy books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One books per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#TherapistsConnect #TherapistSky
Cover of Thoughts Without A Thinker (Revised Edition): Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective by Mark Epstein, M.D.
March 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Choose 20 counselling/psychotherapy books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One books per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#TherapistsConnect #TherapistSky
Cover of Man’s Search for Himself by Rollo May.
March 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Choose 20 counselling/psychotherapy books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One books per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#TherapistsConnect #TherapistSky
Cover of On the Soul and Other Psychological Works by Aristotle (translated by Fred D. Miller, Jr.).
March 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM