Anshin Psychotherapy

Trauma-focused IFS and EMDR Therapy

at North Bar House 43-44 North Bar Street Banbury OX16 0TH

I offer heart-centred therapy blending Western psychology with Buddhist psychology and spiritual practice grounded in cutting edge neuroscience. Transformation is my passion.

What I can help with

Recent Client Feedback

... when everything was swirling around me, Martin was my rock...

... it is now recognised that my PTSD has been well and truly switched off. Martin has given me my life back for which I will remain eternally grateful.

Martin... made me feel comfortable and safe. His manner and the way he worked couldn't have been better... I have my smile back.

'Anshin' is a Japanese word often found in Buddhist literature meaning 'peaceful mind' or 'heart at peace'.

How I Work

My aim is to integrate a coherent combination of cognitive, emotional and somatic, trauma-focused approaches within a supportive therapeutic relationship to help facilitate new meaning, new possibilities and new choices to enable you to live a more fulfilling, meaningful and liberated life.

About Me

Hi and welcome to my website. I’m guessing you’re here because you’re looking for help for yourself or a loved one. Let me tell you a little about myself.

I am a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist, trauma, IFS, SE and EMDR therapist with over 40 years’ experience of working in mental health with a wide range of issues. Based in Banbury, Oxfordshire I can help people who have experienced trauma or abuse. You may have been told that you have a personality disorder. Many people who have been told they have a personality disorder have experienced abuse or neglect in their childhood. In the past few years I have worked with clients who are neurodiverse – autism and/or ADHD – who also experienced trauma.

I am a secular Buddhist and for me Buddhism is a spiritual training and practice and not a religion. I have found that meditation practice and the study of Buddhism has greatly affected my life. A large part of my life is my therapeutic work and time and time again Buddhist ideas have shown up for me and my clients. I combine the philosophical and contemplative practices of Buddhism with western psychology and neuroscience to inform my trauma work.

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