Tom Van Berckel

I'm a passionate therapist and coach with over 20 years of experience, blending evidence-based approaches with creative insight. My work is grounded in deep personal experience, having faced my own crises, I understand what real transformation takes. I offer a warm, tailored approach to help you work through emotional patterns, relationship challenges, burnout, or life transitions—so you can find clarity, healing, and a renewed sense of direction.

I hold an MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from Goldsmiths, University of London, and have over 20 years of experience in the field of therapy and personal development. I've worked as an NHS CBT therapist, taught CBT and hypnotherapy at postgraduate level, and delivered emotional intelligence training in corporate settings. My training includes Schema Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Transactional Analysis (TA), Gestalt Coaching, Embodied Systemic Coaching, and REBT. My broad and integrative training allows me to tailor each session to the individual, drawing from both evidence-based and creative approaches.

My work focuses on helping clients break free from deep emotional and behavioural patterns, navigate relationship dynamics, and move through periods of life transition, burnout, or crisis. I specialise in emotional patterning, attachment and relational issues, and helping individuals reconnect with purpose and potential. Using an integrative approach, drawing from CBT, Schema Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt, and Systemic Coaching—I tailor each session to meet your unique needs. I also offer in-depth personality and self-awareness work through tools like the Enneagram supporting clients who want to understand themselves more deeply and grow beyond limiting patterns.

My therapy style is warm, collaborative, and integrative. I don't follow a one-size-fits-all model, instead, I tailor each session to who you are and what you need. I combine structured, evidence-based approaches like CBT and Schema Therapy with more exploratory methods such as Gestalt and Transactional Analysis. My focus is on helping you understand the deeper patterns behind your struggles, and working together to create real, lasting change. I bring creativity, clarity, and compassion to the process—offering a space where you can explore, grow, and reconnect with yourself in a meaningful way.