McMullan Therapy · Drew McMullan
I'm building McMullan Therapy, a future integrative counselling and psychotherapy practice, based in Fareham, Hampshire, with a planned opening of January 2028.
It's being shaped by my own experience in physical therapeutic work, my Gestalt training, the CBT study I'll move into next, and a genuine fascination with how body, mind, contact and change all sit together.
Important: I'm not currently offering counselling or psychotherapy services. This site is an informational space for a future practice planned for 2028, subject to my qualification, professional requirements and appropriate membership status.
The practice I'm building
Opening after I qualify
An integrative practice I'm developing, planned to open in January 2028.
Background
I didn't arrive at counselling by a straight line. It's come out of two careers that, looking back, were both quietly pointing here the whole time.
I started out in IT, then moved into project management — work that gave me structure, problem-solving, and a front-row seat to how people actually behave under pressure and change. It was a good career. It just wasn't an emotionally fulfilling one.
Alongside it, I trained in soft tissue therapy — deep tissue work, dry needling, cupping — and built that into a practice that's now treated well over a thousand clients. You learn a huge amount about a person's stress, tension and history just from how they hold their body.
Emotional pain interests me more than physical pain ever did. It's the part of the work I keep coming back to, and the part that feels like it would be genuinely meaningful to build a career on, not just a good living.
I'm partway through a five-year academic path: a Level 5 Diploma in Gestalt therapy first, then a Level 6 in CBT. The aim is an integrative practice that can hold both the relational, in-the-room work and the structured, practical side — enough grounding to support people through grief, relationships, and most of what life throws at them.
Core commitments
A clear, honest and grounded way of working, where professionalism does not require hiding the human being in the room.
Supporting people to notice what is happening in thought, feeling, body, relationship and behaviour.
Bringing together body, mind, behaviour, history and present experience rather than treating them as separate parts.
I'm developing this practice with careful attention to boundaries, competence, supervision and professional responsibility.
Developing approach
I'm building McMullan Therapy as an integrative practice. The intention isn't to force every person into one model, but to build a thoughtful way of working that can respond to whoever's in front of me.
My approach is informed by Gestalt therapy, the CBT study I'm moving into next, body awareness, relational presence, and eight years of practical experience watching how people actually change over time.
Training pathway
This is currently a project I'm building, not a practice you can book. I won't move into actually seeing clients until I've got the qualification, membership and professional requirements in place.
I'm currently studying for a Level 5 Diploma in Gestalt therapy, developing skills in awareness, contact, relational work, the present moment and therapeutic presence.
From there, I'm moving into a Level 6 in CBT — building toward an integrative practice that can hold both relational depth and practical psychological structure.
My aim is to open McMullan Therapy in January 2028 as a Gestalt-informed practice, with further integration developing as my training continues.
Professional standards
I'm currently a student member of the BACP. My intention is to progress toward appropriate professional membership status by January 2028, ready for McMullan Therapy to open.
I'm developing this practice with reference to the BACP Ethical Framework, including attention to competence, boundaries, care of the client, professional responsibility, supervision and care of myself as a practitioner.
This site does not invite therapy enquiries, offer appointments, or present me as a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist. Further professional details will be added only when appropriate.
Location
I'm building McMullan Therapy as a future counselling and psychotherapy practice based in Fareham, Hampshire, UK. I'm planning to open in January 2028, subject to qualification, professional requirements and appropriate membership status.
I expect the practice to be accessible for people from Fareham, Portsmouth, Portchester, Cosham, Waterlooville, Southampton, Eastleigh, Gosport, Havant, Southsea and surrounding areas.
Opening January 2028
I want McMullan Therapy to become a professional, welcoming and ethically grounded therapeutic practice for people interested in an integrative approach to body, mind, relationship and change.
More information about services, availability, location and professional registration will be added as I get closer to launch.