Tim Gunner
Psychotherapist, Coach, Trainer and Facilitator

With an educational and commercial background in 6 different industries Tim has held managerial and consultancy positions in the fashion, clothing, food and music entertainment over his career. 

He has also served in public, voluntary and private health sectors. He has had a vast life experience belying his years from unemployment to earning a six-figure salary and back again, from living as a troubled child & young teenager to international consultant, from depression anxiety and addiction to psychotherapist, from trouble with education to multi-graduate, from poor to rich, from lost in life to successful he has earned graduation and wisdom from the university of life in addition to his many academic qualifications.




Tim has a great sense of humour. In his company one is not without fun and laughter and one can connect deeply with a sense of calm, empathy, relaxation and wisdom. Despite his good natured happy go lucky character, organisational experience and his university education, Tim experienced a 'troubled' childhood and schooling. 

Tim’s early years and teenage transitions were very turbulent resulting in trouble with family and authorities. as a young man he suffered poor anger management, depression, anxiety, alcohol and substance misuse. Tim, with the help and collaboration of others, followed a path of self-discovery, personal development and recovery turning life around to live a fully productive and happy life as father, director, consultant, coach and psychotherapist.




After a good career in retail, sales and distribution Tim decided very early on to follow his parents example and develop his skills with a view to give something back to the community. 

He pursued a career in mental health specialising in young people and substance abuse. Tim’s deep empathy, understanding and considerable amount of personal and professional experience has helped countless people of all ages find fulfilment, success, self-discovery, self-development and recovery from "mental health disorders". He is now one of many educating in a new paradigm of psychology and has a deep understanding about the universal principles of the human experience and human operating system (Human iOS).




He has worked globally for both individuals and companies. Lives in the English countryside with his beloved wife Tiffany and daughter Tia and enjoys relaxing, music, singing, playing guitar, gardening, food and drink, time spent with family and friends, reading, running, cycling, canoeing, walking in the countryside with his dogs and exploring life and the world around us.




Tim is a grounded individual and still takes huge pleasure in providing change services with and for people of all ages and all backgrounds.




Tim's character strengths are:


  • Empathic
  • Grounded
  • Relaxed
  • Patient
  • Compassionate
  • Humorous
  • Connected



Education


Degree in psychoanalytical counselling and psychotherapy from University of Birmingham


Cognitive behavioural therapists practitioners Certificate from University of the West of England


Diploma in European business and marketing


Diploma in professional development management from Middlesex University.




Other qualifications and accreditations


  • Counselling & Psychotherapy
  • Brief Solution Focused Therapy
  • iHeart Practitioner
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Practitioner of Three Principles based work.
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
  • National training accolades in 2008 and 2009



“We are what we think, what we choose to say and what we choose to do. This becomes habit and forms our character.”

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