Yaron White

Reaching out is hard. I do not take that for granted. I try to be available and offer both daytime and an evening slot.

I offer face-to-face sessions at my practice in Stroud town centre and online via video call. I also offer correspondence therapy by email — a scheduled written exchange that allows you to work therapeutically through writing.

I try to listen. To what you say and what you do not say.

I try to be honest. To find the right pace.

My modality is bibliotherapy, a creative arts practice that weaves stories and texts into therapy.

It connects to the understanding that creativity is central to self-actualisation and growth, where stories function like dreams: expressions of unconscious material that can be explored safely.

Sometimes I’ll share a poem or passage that reflects what you’re experiencing. Sometimes you’ll bring something that speaks to you. Sometimes we’ll explore the stories you tell about your own life. The bibliotherapy happens through our conversations – it's not homework or formal exercises, but a way of using narrative and metaphor to access ourselves.

My experience began in a student placement in a residential care home working with children and young adults who had been removed from their homes by social services. I came for a year and stayed for six – progressing from student to staff.

I learned the depth and darkness of the pain we carry with us and how connecting to that pain brings growth that’s beautiful, strange and powerful.

There is no precise formula to share. We each need something unique. Sessions would usually begin with me checking in on your feelings of the moment and then we follow where you lead. The in-the-moment carries within it much of what we refuse to feel or acknowledge, we hide so much. In our sessions, we will try to have a new look, a healing look at what we usually avoid.

I offer a free 15 minute phone call to discuss the therapy and any questions you may have. The first full session inevitably starts with an awkward first chat. That's normal. The first session is simply a conversation — a chance for you to tell me what's brought you here, and for us both to see whether working together feels right. There's no pressure to commit beyond that.

If we continue, we would dedicate one of our early sessions to an intake, a sort of life story summary to help me get a grasp of who you are.

The first session or letter is at a discounted price of £35 to help you get started and decide if we're the right fit.