Howard Davis

Hello, I'm Howard.

I am an experienced, heart-centred, mindfulness-based, trauma-informed therapist providing quality, affordable counselling, outdoors therapy, mindful dying experiences and supervision. I offer a receptive and supportive holding space where together we can meet, unfold, illuminate and transform your suffering and unease.

I work primarily outdoors in parks, woodlands and open spaces throughout London. It is my passion as a therapist to work outdoors in the many restorative, tree-filled, natural spaces that London offers.

You may find yourself here feeling stuck, overwhelmed, alone, empty, full, treated unequally, burdened, fearful, abused, unheard, walking on eggshells, dysregulated, isolated, numb, unmet, unloved, unlovable, disconnected, bereft, liminal, confused, anxious, hating your body, lost, torn, feral, hypomanic, distressed, broken, not enough, too much, lacking intimacy, danger outweighing safety, excluded, shamed, suicidal or facing death. All of you is welcome.

One of the principal reasons I work outdoors is to facilitate working with trauma, most especially how to reregulate ourselves when we experience the reactivity of neurological dysregulation. Outdoors, we have the space to move freely and without inhibition. We are able to observe our responses as we slow, pause, notice and move. The natural environment is essentially a space in which we naturally belong. This offers a fantastic means to work with the dynamics of safety and danger in a held and safe way.

Locally, I offer outdoor therapy sessions in Dulwich and Sydenham Woods (SE26), Peckham Rye Park (SE22), Dulwich Park (SE21), Brockwell Park (SE24), Burgess Park (SE5), Crystal Palace Park (SE25), Greenwich Park (SE10), Battersea Park (SW11) and other parks and open spaces.

I enjoy working long term with clients and accordingly charge a rate of £60 per session to enable this. Sessions typically last for a full hour.  

Over the past 12 years, working outdoors has become my passion. London is said to be the greenest big city in the world. I have held sessions in over 200 different outdoor locations within London. The sessions typically last for an hour, or for longer periods by negotiation, and can take place in the woods of Dulwich and Hampstead Heath, by the lakes in Regents Park and Battersea Park, in the local tree-filled parks of Victoria Park, Peckham Rye Park, Dulwich Park, Brockwell Park and Greenwich Park, the expansiveness of Richmond Park, and in more urban settings such as Burgess Park in Elephant and Castle.

The necessary boundaries of the counselling relationship remain including a mutually agreed focus for our work together and an agreement regarding confidentiality. Sessions can involve walking, sitting, lying, various mindfulness and meditative techniques and sensory awareness practices. There is no fitness requirement needed to benefit from outdoor counselling. We are the forest!

I welcome the opportunity to work side-by-side with people from a wide range of economic and cultural backgrounds, gender and sexual diversity.

I recommend having an initial introductory session where we can discuss how we might work together. You can then decide if you would like to continue but with no obligation to do so. Please click on the link to my website for further details of my approach and bio.

I currently have availability

Hello, I'm Howard.

I am an experienced, heart-centred, mindfulness-based, trauma-informed therapist providing quality, affordable counselling, outdoors therapy, mindful dying experiences and supervision. I offer a receptive and supportive holding space where together we can meet, unfold, illuminate and transform your suffering and unease.

I work primarily outdoors in parks, woodlands and open spaces throughout London. It is my passion as a therapist to work outdoors in the many restorative, tree-filled, natural spaces that London offers.

You may find yourself here feeling stuck, overwhelmed, alone, empty, full, treated unequally, burdened, fearful, abused, unheard, walking on eggshells, dysregulated, isolated, numb, unmet, unloved, unlovable, disconnected, bereft, liminal, confused, anxious, hating your body, lost, torn, feral, hypomanic, distressed, broken, not enough, too much, lacking intimacy, danger outweighing safety, excluded, shamed, suicidal or facing death. All of you is welcome.

One of the principal reasons I work outdoors is to facilitate working with trauma, most especially how to reregulate ourselves when we experience the reactivity of neurological dysregulation. Outdoors, we have the space to move freely and without inhibition. We are able to observe our responses as we slow, pause, notice and move. The natural environment is essentially a space in which we naturally belong. This offers a fantastic means to work with the dynamics of safety and danger in a held and safe way.

Locally, I offer outdoor therapy sessions in Battersea Park (SW11), Clapham Common (SW4) and Richmond Park (TW10) and other parks and open spaces.

I enjoy working long term with clients and accordingly charge a rate of £60 per session to enable this. Sessions typically last for a full hour.  

Over the past 12 years, working outdoors has become my passion. London is said to be the greenest big city in the world. I have held sessions in over 200 different outdoor locations within London. The sessions typically last for an hour, or for longer periods by negotiation, and can take place in the woods of Dulwich and Hampstead Heath, by the lakes in Regents Park and Battersea Park, in the local tree-filled parks of Victoria Park, Peckham Rye Park, Dulwich Park, Brockwell Park and Greenwich Park, the expansiveness of Richmond Park, and in more urban settings such as Burgess Park in Elephant and Castle.

The necessary boundaries of the counselling relationship remain including a mutually agreed focus for our work together and an agreement regarding confidentiality. Sessions can involve walking, sitting, lying, various mindfulness and meditative techniques and sensory awareness practices. There is no fitness requirement needed to benefit from outdoor counselling. We are the forest!

I welcome the opportunity to work side-by-side with people from a wide range of economic and cultural backgrounds, gender and sexual diversity.

I currently have availability

Hello, I'm Howard.

I am an experienced, heart-centred, mindfulness-based, trauma-informed therapist providing quality, affordable counselling, outdoors therapy, mindful dying experiences and supervision. I offer a receptive and supportive holding space where together we can meet, unfold, illuminate and transform your suffering and unease.

I work primarily outdoors in parks, woodlands and open spaces throughout London. It is my passion as a therapist to work outdoors in the many restorative, tree-filled, natural spaces that London offers.

You may find yourself here feeling stuck, overwhelmed, alone, empty, full, treated unequally, burdened, fearful, abused, unheard, walking on eggshells, dysregulated, isolated, numb, unmet, unloved, unlovable, disconnected, bereft, liminal, confused, anxious, hating your body, lost, torn, feral, hypomanic, distressed, broken, not enough, too much, lacking intimacy, danger outweighing safety, excluded, shamed, suicidal or facing death. All of you is welcome.

One of the principal reasons I work outdoors is to facilitate working with trauma, most especially how to reregulate ourselves when we experience the reactivity of neurological dysregulation. Outdoors, we have the space to move freely and without inhibition. We are able to observe our responses as we slow, pause, notice and move. The natural environment is essentially a space in which we naturally belong. This offers a fantastic means to work with the dynamics of safety and danger in a held and safe way.

Locally, I offer outdoor therapy sessions in Greenwich Park (SE10) and other parks and open spaces.

I enjoy working long term with clients and accordingly charge a rate of £60 per session to enable this. Sessions typically last for a full hour.  

Over the past 12 years, working outdoors has become my passion. London is said to be the greenest big city in the world. I have held sessions in over 200 different outdoor locations within London. The sessions typically last for an hour, or for longer periods by negotiation, and can take place in the woods of Dulwich and Hampstead Heath, by the lakes in Regents Park and Battersea Park, in the local tree-filled parks of Victoria Park, Peckham Rye Park, Dulwich Park, Brockwell Park and Greenwich Park, the expansiveness of Richmond Park, and in more urban settings such as Burgess Park in Elephant and Castle.

The necessary boundaries of the counselling relationship remain including a mutually agreed focus for our work together and an agreement regarding confidentiality. Sessions can involve walking, sitting, lying, various mindfulness and meditative techniques and sensory awareness practices. There is no fitness requirement needed to benefit from outdoor counselling. We are the forest!

I welcome the opportunity to work side-by-side with people from a wide range of economic and cultural backgrounds, gender and sexual diversity.

I currently have availability

Hello, I'm Howard. 

I am an experienced, heart-centred, mindfulness-based, trauma-informed therapist providing quality, affordable counselling, outdoors therapy, mindful dying experiences and supervision. I offer a receptive and supportive holding space where together we can meet, unfold, illuminate and transform your suffering and unease.

I work primarily outdoors in parks, woodlands and open spaces throughout London. It is my passion as a therapist to work outdoors in the many restorative, tree-filled, natural spaces that London offers.

You may find yourself here feeling stuck, overwhelmed, alone, empty, full, treated unequally, burdened, fearful, abused, unheard, walking on eggshells, dysregulated, isolated, numb, unmet, unloved, unlovable, disconnected, bereft, liminal, confused, anxious, hating your body, lost, torn, feral, hypomanic, distressed, broken, not enough, too much, lacking intimacy, danger outweighing safety, excluded, shamed, suicidal or facing death. All of you is welcome.

One of the principal reasons I work outdoors is to facilitate working with trauma, most especially how to reregulate ourselves when we experience the reactivity of neurological dysregulation. Outdoors, we have the space to move freely and without inhibition. We are able to observe our responses as we slow, pause, notice and move. The natural environment is essentially a space in which we naturally belong. This offers a fantastic means to work with the dynamics of safety and danger in a held and safe way.

Locally, I offer outdoor therapy sessions in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (E20), Wanstead Park (E12) Victoria Park (E9), and London Fields (E8) and other parks and open spaces.

I enjoy working long term with clients and accordingly charge a rate of £60 per session to enable this. Sessions typically last for a full hour.

Over the past 12 years, working outdoors has become my passion. London is said to be the greenest big city in the world. I have held sessions in over 200 different outdoor locations within London. The sessions typically last for an hour, or for longer periods by negotiation, and can take place in the woods of Dulwich and Hampstead Heath, by the lakes in Regents Park and Battersea Park, in the local tree-filled parks of Victoria Park, Peckham Rye Park, Dulwich Park, Brockwell Park and Greenwich Park, the expansiveness of Richmond Park, and in more urban settings such as Burgess Park in Elephant and Castle.

The necessary boundaries of the counselling relationship remain including a mutually agreed focus for our work together and an agreement regarding confidentiality. Sessions can involve walking, sitting, lying, various mindfulness and meditative techniques and sensory awareness practices. There is no fitness requirement needed to benefit from outdoor counselling. We are the forest!

I welcome the opportunity to work side-by-side with people from a wide range of economic and cultural backgrounds, gender and sexual diversity.

Hello, I'm Howard. 

I am an experienced, heart-centred, mindfulness-based, trauma-informed therapist providing quality, affordable counselling, outdoors therapy, mindful dying experiences and supervision. I offer a receptive and supportive holding space where together we can meet, unfold, illuminate and transform your suffering and unease.

I work primarily outdoors in parks, woodlands and open spaces throughout London. It is my passion as a therapist  to work outdoors in the many restorative, tree-filled, natural spaces that London offers.

You may find yourself here feeling stuck, overwhelmed, alone, empty, full, treated unequally, burdened, fearful, abused, unheard, walking on eggshells, dysregulated, isolated, numb, unmet, unloved, unlovable, disconnected, bereft, liminal, confused, anxious, hating your body, lost, torn, feral, hypomanic, distressed, broken, not enough, too much, lacking intimacy, danger outweighing safety, excluded, shamed, suicidal or facing death. All of you is welcome.

One of the principal reasons I work outdoors is to facilitate working with trauma, most especially how to reregulate ourselves when we experience the reactivity of neurological dysregulation. Outdoors, we have the space to move freely and without inhibition. We are able to observe our responses as we slow, pause, notice and move. The natural environment is essentially a space in which we naturally belong. This offers a fantastic means to work with the dynamics of safety and danger in a held and safe way.

Locally, I offer outdoor therapy sessions on Hampstead Heath (NW5), Primrose Hill (NW1), Regent's Park (NW1), Kensington Gardens (W2/SW7), Hyde Park (W2), Green Park (SW1), and other parks and open spaces.

I enjoy working long term with clients and accordingly charge a rate of £60 per session to enable this. Sessions typically last for a full hour.  

Over the past 12 years, working outdoors has become my passion. London is said to be the greenest big city in the world. I have held sessions in over 200 different outdoor locations within London. The sessions typically last for an hour, or for longer periods by negotiation, and can take place in the woods of Dulwich and Hampstead Heath, by the lakes in Regents Park and Battersea Park, in the local tree-filled parks of Victoria Park, Peckham Rye Park, Dulwich Park, Brockwell Park and Greenwich Park, the expansiveness of Richmond Park, and in more urban settings such as Burgess Park in Elephant and Castle.

The necessary boundaries of the counselling relationship remain including a mutually agreed focus for our work together and an agreement regarding confidentiality. Sessions can involve walking, sitting, lying, various mindfulness and meditative techniques and sensory awareness practices. There is no fitness requirement needed to benefit from outdoor counselling. We are the forest!

I welcome the opportunity to work side-by-side with people from a wide range of economic and cultural backgrounds, gender and sexual diversity.

I recommend having an initial introductory session where we can discuss how we might work together. You can then decide if you would like to continue but with no obligation to do so. Please click on the link to my website for further details of my approach and bio.

I currently have availability

Hello, I'm Howard. I offer supervision sessions with trainees and qualified practitioners in parks and outdoor spaces across an array of parks, woodlands and open spaces throughout London including Hampstead Heath (NW5), Regent's Park (NW1) and Kensington Gardens (W2/SW7). I offer an warm, creative and supportive approach that supports your client-work with awareness and affirmation. My aim is to support you in your work with your clients, and to support your own development. I offer a reflective space where together, we can jointly explore whatever is figural and important for you as a practitioner.

My passion as a supervisor is to work outdoors in the many restorative, tree-filled, natural spaces that London offers. I have a diploma in contemplative supervision from the Karuna Institute (2022) located within the wilderness of the Dartmoor National Park. One of the principal reasons I work outdoors is to facilitate working with trauma, most especially how to reregulate ourselves when we experience the reactivity of neurological dysregulation. The natural environment is essentially a space in which we naturally belong. This offers a fantastic means to work with the dynamics of safety and danger in a held and safe way.

I believe there is a profound mystery and wonder to life that we often take for granted in the daily hustle and bustle of our own lives. In my practice as a counsellor, supervisor, and end-of-life doula, I repeatedly observe how, when we slow down and ground ourselves with a gentle self-awareness, we can provide the skilful means to develop a better understanding of the causes of our suffering and a greater ability to choose how we respond to the circumstances we experience in life.

Sessions are offered outdoors and online. I welcome the opportunity to work side-by-side with people from a wide range of economic and cultural backgrounds, gender and sexual diversity. 

The contemplative model is based on bringing attentive awareness to three categories of client observation:

Body - noting what is figural for the therapist of the client's physical appearance

Speech - bringing awareness to different aspects to how the client communicates

Mind - observing the client's sense of self and the sense of connection between their inner and outer world

All of the senses are brought to the fore to describe the impact the client has made in the therapist's working relationship with the client which can achieve a means of shifting and resolving that which has appeared stuck and blocked.

It is an experiential way of working and one that is analogous with my training in gestalt therapy and working outdoors in natural surroundings. As a supervisor, I find it provides an effective means to reflect upon the various processes therapists experience with their clients. There is an intelligent spontaneity at play and a state of psychological ease, as effortless as walking.

I am approved to work with diploma counselling trainees at the London Gestalt Centre and have additionally worked with trainees and qualified therapists from a wide range of modalities.