Toby Gray Psychotherapy

11/08/2026

I have written an article on su***de for the counselling directory website. Please check it out.

https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/articles/how-therapy-can-help-with-suicidal-thoughts?_gl=1*ila9dm*_gcl_au*MTA5Mjk4MzA5MS4xNzg0NTU2Nzcx*_ga*MTUzMjkzMTQ3Mi4xNzg0MzkyNDcz*_ga_BMWGCG64PD*czE3ODY0NDYzMDckbzQkZzEkdDE3ODY0NDYzNzAkajU5JGwwJGgw

11/08/2026

I will be teaching a 6 week course in Meditation in September. Message me if you are interested.

11/08/2026

https://tobygraypsychotherapy.co.uk/2026/07/21/integrating-the-personal-daimon-into-psychotherapy/ I have written a blog about integrating the personal daimon into psychotherapy. Please feel free to have a read.

Here, I outline a model of therapy that incorporates the ancient myth of the personal daimon or spirit guide. This infuses Buddhist, Jungian and Neoplatonic perspectives. I have found this approach to be very fruitful in my own enquiry and it is an outline of the model I work with.

14/04/2026

Life is full of situations that are out of our control. We could be beset by a series of terrible circumstances that cause emotional pain, feelings of bewilderment, powerlessness and overwhelm. We are at the mercy of what life throws at us.

Although we may not be able to control events, we are able to work on our minds - how we respond to that which is causing us pain. Do we seize up, try to avoid or retreat? Or do we have the resources to face the situation with openness, courage and resolve?

Psychotherapy can help us face life’s challenges. It can provide a safe space to explore, enquire and reframe. It can allow us to untie the knot of our tensions and release our pain. Above all, it can help forge a path forward towards resilience and a resourceful centred ground of being.

23/03/2026

My philosophy is that every life has its own unique meaning and image to fulfil. And the task of life is to discover this true calling - to embody and align ourselves with authenticity. I explore how this relates to psychotherapy in an article I wrote for the Counselling directory. Feel free to check it out.

https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/articles/a-soulful-approach-to-psychotherapy

12/03/2026

One of the great faculties about being human is we can project our minds into an imagined future. But if the basis of this projection is unresolved fear or trauma, we will create an anxious world kept afloat by over thinking. By noticing and bringing awareness to this process it can lose its potency. Psychotherapy can help this by having these unconscious processes reflected back to us so that the route trauma can be addressed. This allows space for another possibility.

05/03/2026

This was written in the 4th century in a gnostic text. It speaks of an eternal truth. If we are holding pain within us and it doesn't find expression then it will eat us up from the inside. Psychotherapy provides a space where our inter turmoil can find release. We can then live a life more aligned with freedom, authenticity and contentment.

24/02/2026

I have written a blog outlining my philosophy underpinning my psychotherapy practice. Please feel free to check it out. https://tobygraypsychotherapy.co.uk/2025/09/12/what-is-psychotherapy/

22/02/2026

A peek at my psychotherapy space.