Russell is  a fully qualified and accredited psychotherapist with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society.

He completed his Master's degree in Person-Centred Experiential Psychotherapy at the Sherwood Institute in Nottingham in 2017.

Since qualifying, Russell worked for the NHS as a Counsellor,  before staring his own Private Practice.  Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, Russell was a registered nurse and worked within mental health services for almost 20 years.

The psychotherapy model which Russell utilises in his work as a therapist is called Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT).  This therapy has a rich history of evidence-based research, supporting its effectiveness for helping people to work-through and overcome  their emotional difficulties and pain, which often underpin common mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, interpersonal/relational problems/distress and the effects of trauma.
 
EFT is an integrative approach and has been developed by Dr Les Greenberg and Dr Robert Elliott (among others) since the mid 1980's. They remain active in the field of psychotherapy, research and training)
 
Research shows that EFT is an effective, helpful therapy for a variety of mental health difficulties and emotional disorders.  It is known as '...a transdiagnostic treatment' so can be offered  to treat many different problems such as social anxiety, generalized anxiety, OCD, depression, perfectionism, low self-esteem (shame), trauma (PTSD), adverse childhood experiences such as developmental trauma (physical, mental, sexual abuse and/or neglect), loss, bereavement.