Sean Trevarthen, NCPS

Sean Trevarthen is a counsellor practising in the Scottish Borders, United Kingdom, who combines relational insight with a warm, accepting manner to support people through difficult life moments. He trained in integrative counselling and psychotherapy, blending person-centred principles with psychodynamic ideas, and completed further professional training on a psychodynamic course that emphasised human relations and the connections people form from birth onward. Sean also holds the NCPS credential, a recognised professional qualification in counselling and psychotherapy that reflects his formal training and ongoing commitment to practice.

His therapeutic style brings together acceptance, empathy and openness to encourage growth and self-healing, while attention to relational patterns helps clients understand how past and present interactions shape their experience. Nature and the environment are important to him, and he is open to outdoor and walking therapy as part of the work when appropriate. An enduring interest in existential thinking informs his practice, supporting clients to explore meaning, choice and ways to find steadiness amid life’s uncertainties.

Sean has worked with people across a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, bereavement, relationship breakdown, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, isolation, body image difficulties, self-harm, suicidal thinking and questions of sexual identity. He works with clients of different ages and backgrounds, tailoring his approach to individual needs and the particular challenges each person brings.