Trainee Counselling Psychologist
Andrew is a second-year Counselling Psychology doctoral candidate with the University of Roehampton and a captain with a major UK airline. He works from a psychodynamic perspective, helping clients explore how early experiences and unconscious patterns can shape how they think, feel, and relate to others in the present.
For the past two years, Andrew has been practising as a therapist with Umid, supporting adults with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, addiction, anger management, career setbacks, and trauma. His approach is calm, reflective, and grounded in the belief that real change takes time and understanding. Psychodynamic therapy is often most helpful as a longer-term process, giving clients the space to explore their inner world at depth and develop insight that can lead to lasting personal growth.
Andrew holds a first-class honours degree in Psychology and additional training in several therapeutic approaches. Alongside his clinical work, he has a longstanding interest in mental health within aviation. In 2017, he co-founded the UK’s first clinically supervised, confidential peer-support service for pilots and continues to lead on the training, recruitment, and supervision of peers. His training model is now used in airlines and flight training organisations across Western Europe and the USA.
Andrew has published peer-reviewed research (Competency-Based Peer Support in Aviation, 2024), co-authored a chapter in Pilot Selection: Psychological Principles and Practice, and spoken widely on wellbeing and mental health in aviation. Originally from Ireland, he trained and worked in the USA before settling in the UK in 1997.