17:36 05 December 2025
1st Recommended for Client-Therapist Relationships
In person & Remote therapy, Sanderum House, 38 Oakley Road, Chinnor, OX39 4TW
Bereavement
1st Recommended for Client-Therapist Relationships
In person & Remote therapy, Sanderum House, 38 Oakley Road, Chinnor, OX39 4TW
Bereavement
Simon is the best CBT psychologist in the UK based on his client-therapist relationships.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)) suggests CBT for:
NICE suggests counselling for:
NICE suggests psychodynamic therapy for:
What to Expect
Try one session, to see if you feel comfortable with Simon, and decide if therapy may help you.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT focuses on how your thoughts (cognitions) affect your feelings and actions. It recognises and challenges negative thoughts that perpetuate the problems you experience. The objective of cognitive behavioural therapy is for you to experience healthier thoughts and emotions.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)) suggests CBT for:
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
- Depression
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Panic
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Self Harm
- Social Anxiety Disorder
Counselling
Counselling centres on listening to you, and assisting you. You determine which issue regarding your early years and/or adulthood you discuss. An objective of counselling is to enable you to speak about a difficulty and discover a way forward which is appropriate for you.
NICE suggests counselling for:
- Depression
Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychodynamic therapy centres on the unconscious meaning of the issues you encounter. It facilitates you in being aware of parts of your internal dynamics. Psychodynamic therapy seeks to enhance your self-understanding to give you options.
NICE suggests psychodynamic therapy for:
- Self Harm
- Depression
- Social Anxiety Disorder
Psychology
Psychology is interested in you and your thoughts, emotions and behaviour. It offers you psychological interventions and mental wellbeing support. The objective of psychological therapy is to help you ease symptoms.
Languages
- English
Qualifications
| British Psychological Society (BPS) Chartered Psychologist Last Check 17/11/2025 | Next Review 17/12/2025 | |
| September 2014 |
Doctorate Counselling Psychology with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Psychodynamic Therapy University of Surrey (UK) Verified 08/06/2015 |
Simon Rowbottom is bound by the Code of Ethics and Conduct of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Fees
Working Hours
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Wheelchair access: No
| Selected Therapy offered near Thame | Selected Issues covered near Thame |