I was sooo nervous to go and met up with Dave the first time. I spoke to Dave and was honest about how I was feeling and he totally understood. He gave me several options to try to make it easier for me. This gave me the confidence to be able to attend. The first meeting I was expecting to have to go through all my history of trauma and drag everything back up again. But it was nothing like that. Dave asked me what I wanted to get from the sessions and we started to work from there. Dave has a very logical and positive outlook on things and by the end of the first session I walked out of there a totally different person. With a very different perspective on things. The call Dave Happy Dave and it so true and it totally rubs off on you. I had EMDR therapy and so far Dave has managed to erase two very disturbing events. This has totally changed my way of thinking about things. Dave doesn’t follow the usual rule books of counselling and instead uses the important parts of the theory and uses the physical aspect of how the mind works, to change thought patterns and ways of doing things. I highly recommend Dave’s way of doing things. I was beginning to think I was a lost cause and had hit so many brick walls. I now feel like it’s new beginnings for me. I can do anything I want and need to do. I believe in myself again. That I can finally break free from the chains of my past traumas and move forwards.

I would like to thank you for all the help and encouragement you gave our daughter recently when she was going through a particularly hard time. As you know, she had been feeling very low, spent most of her time alone in her room and had taken to harming herself which was very difficult for us all to cope with. Having been referred by our family GP to child psychologist (who turned out to be a complete waste of time and after 3-4 visits our daughter refused to go again as she felt they were not helping her at all – maybe even making her feel worse) we were recommended to give you a call which has turned out to be the best thing we could have done. She only had three sessions with ‘Happy Dave’ and you’ve had a great impact on her. Thanks to all your help with positive thinking and teaching her how to cope with difficult feelings she is now much happier and positively looking forward, and making plans for her future. Since our last meeting she applied for and has been accepted on a college course to train to become a jockey which she is really excited about. We are so glad that you were recommended to us.

Working with Dave has made a huge difference to my stress levels. From the very first session, I felt completely at ease and confident that I was in safe hands. Dave has a very calm and reassuring approach, and experiencing his work in action was incredibly powerful. I noticed a real shift in how I was feeling, both mentally and physically, and things that had felt overwhelming before suddenly felt manageable again. I would highly recommend Dave to anyone struggling with stress or feeling stuck. The change has been far greater than I expected, and I’m very grateful for the support.