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A friend recommended Tolis. After having had sessions with him for several months, I am so grateful to have connected with him. He is empathetic and a great listener, I felt very comfortable talking about the issues I was facing. The sessions have helped me tremendously. He changed some of my old beliefs and gave me lots of tools/examples because of which I feel more optimistic, motivated and confident! I highly recommend him :)

It has been an absolute delight to work with Rob. He has a wonderful holistic approach to coaching, and is amazing at striking the fine balance between letting the coachee do the work and gently pushing you onwards, always in an empathetic manner.

I suffered from a fear for flying since I was young and it was ruining my life. With my honeymoon coming up, I need this fixed so I could finally be excited about the trip and suffer from anxiety. After working with Dale in one session in instantly felt different. I no longer had the pre-flight anxieties and now I am excited about my travels! I am so thankful Dale for all your help! If you have any fear and need it fixed, I would definitely reach out to him.

I really like the singles services so good. I suffer from ptsd and major anxiety and have a terrible dating history but will not deny meeting my coach was a game changer.

John is great! He spent the time to hear me out and understand what I am going through. He is great at providing perspective and making challenges easy to understand, work through, and overcome. I would highly recommend him to anyone who falls within his area(s) of expertise. He is easy to talk to and great to work with!

Arianna is a fantastic lifecoach, easiest person I've ever found to speak to in a councillor, and has a way of setting you at ease effortlessly. Goes above and beyond in caring for you and making sure the therapy is working for you. Would 100% recommend to anyone.

The service which me and my Husband received was outstanding. we were given great communication tools to help us communicate better in our marriage many thanks to M

Luisa is a fantastic counsellor who’s services I would definitely recommend. Her methods and techniques have positively altered my perception on counselling as whole, and I will be sure to contact her in future if required. Thank you Luisa!

I had the pleasure of working with Liron throughout this last year. Not only she gave me a lot of tools and ways to cope with these difficult times, but she also helped me find and enhance my inner strengths. Thanks to Liron I found my passion, started my own business, and soon going to start my journey as a digital nomad.

I was struggling when communicating my feelings properly to friends, partners and family members. I didn't know how to tackle the problem and felt overwhelmed. I also realised I had no tools to help me with that. Sonia heard me and came up with exercises and tools so I could work on my feelings and I could communicate them clearer. They were challenging but I managed to do them with Sonia’s support. Sonia gave me a helping hand, explained why I feel that way and helped me overcome my own self-sabotaging. Now I feel capable of communicating my feelings. This is happening more often and it feels good, very good. I am keen to continue the path and grow on this matter. I am proud of what I have achieved thanks to working with Sonia!

Zak has been totally amazing taking his time to listen to me and given me an understanding and supportive insight of my capabilities and my worth. He’s opened my eyes and made me feel more confident and positive I highly recommend him.

Good initial session, some helpful tips to work through. I would recommend to others.

As a busy (and stressed) MD I have worked with Paula as a stress and resilience specialist for almost four years. Her knowledge and expertise and the incredible difference they make are so valuable to me in managing and preventing stress and burnout. Paula has also worked with my team - her workshops are a huge value add to our wellbeing programme. If you are looking for a simple but highly effective approach to stress management Paula is the best.

I’ve worked with a lot of healing professionals, and I have to say Rana is unlike anyone I’ve ever met. She is an amazing woman with amazing abilities and I would highly recommend her. Her experience and insight make her truly unique.

Alex and I worked together across five weeks with a focus on detaching from negative behaviours and aligning oneself with positive practice. Without trying to overload me with endless hacks or spiritual practices, he simply held the space for me to walk into so we could explore collaboratively. For me that's the hallmark of a top practitioner: allowing the client, the individual to take the reigns. After all, no-one can solve my problems but me. My biggest challenges were waking up early and actually doing something productive with my mornings. I had a nasty habit of waking up five minutes before work and scrambling to get myself set-up on time. This ending up having knock-on effects to my whole day and I would retire the day exhausted and frantic. Over the five weeks I am now in a situation where I'm waking up between 5-7am (depending on the night before xD) and actually doing something with my morning like chanting, reading, prepping for work or just have silent reflection. I also wanted to kick my nicotine habit. Anyone who knows the vice of nicotine understands how difficult it is. Even though Alex doesn't use himself, he didn't take any moral high ground or try and tell me what I "should do". Instead he paved out a space where we could talk through together what might and might not work, why I keep falling down, why I even use in the first place, etc. Ultimately, whilst the mechanics of tapering or going cold turkey are pretty part and parcel of quitting, Alex made sure my focus was on the emotional side: not beating myself up if I fall, not trying too much too soon, forgiving myself. That's what I want in a practitioner. Non-judgmental safe spaces. And that's what Alex provided. I can't knock, Alex. He's genuine and it is hard to find someone in this space that isn't a charlaton or in it for the money. Alex is grounded, attentive and caring and his foundations in spiritual practice and knowledge of Eastern practice is fantastic. He also has deep insight into the works of Jung, as opposed to the pop-psychoanalytic stuff, he's actually read far and wide on Jung and knows his stuff. Thank you, Alex Bless you

I found Gary, at a time in my life where I was ready to start the journey of battling a number of personal issues. Then a major blow to my world and everything came tumbling down, but worst of all my family was blown apart. My sessions with Gary helped hold me together in my weakest moment, he helped me regulate my feelings and thoughts, even if it meant that my only accomplishment for the day, was to get out of bed. Gary is helping me to push through the dark days, and with his supportI am rebuilding my inner self, my identity and ultimately recognising that I have a purpose. We all need a Gary.

I can’t express in words how much I enjoy the sessions with Phil and I feel very lucky to have come across his profile here on Bark! I contacted Phil after I felt like I hit rock bottom – my life wasn’t really going in the direction that I wanted and I felt trapped in my hopelessness. Actually, I didn’t have much hope that taking this step was going to help me either – mind you, I am the person who previously stormed out of the traditional therapy room due to not seeing the point of being bombarded with so many personal questions out of a sudden (!) From the outset, the sessions with Phil were special: his genuineness and warmth made me instantly feel connected and comfortable talking to him (oh, and also, he has an excellent sense of humour!). When I didn’t really know how to express my feelings, Phil somehow always said exactly what I needed to hear – and, without having to dwell on details of painful past experiences or apply “strategies”, our discussions have always gently pointed me in the direction of the answers I was looking for. Even after the first session, I’ve had the most wonderful feeling of freedom I could imagine – I saw for the first time that being at the mercy of my own thinking was completely optional. The sessions with Phil have since then been eye-opening, insightful and refreshing, with more to learn and more to understand every time. I can barely recognise myself from the message I sent to Phil a while ago – I owe to Phil all that I’ve become in the present. Phil has given me the courage to embrace all the joys and all the occasional and unavoidable losses or disappointments, the ability to smile in abundance, to allow myself to fall in love with life and be curious and excited for what the next day will bring me and, most importantly, in front of what seems like a scary and uncertain future – the ability to walk lightly through it all. Phil is a legend and I couldn’t recommend him more!