Balanced Minds

I attended therapy with Charlie at Balanced Minds for three years and find it hard to do justice to how transformative an experience it was for me. I entered therapy at Balanced Minds as someone with a real difficulty feeling safe in experiencing certain emotions and left it as someone very capable and empowered to do so. The practice was hugely adaptable to myself and my needs and always felt as though there was room for change, adjustment or conversation if I needed it. In my time there I w...

I recently saw Charlie Heriot-Maitland at 'Balanced Minds'. I've been a Buddhist for over 30 years so I was very resistant to the idea of therapy, or of thinking I might need it. (Shouldn't I have resolved all that sort of thing in Buddhist practice and meditation?) Also, I'd had therapy before and though I found it helpful, it didn't really help the deeper issues going forward. Charlie was an exemplary therapist. I was able to be very honest with him and he treated me with honestly, insight ...