Dominic Hamilton-Leathart, BA, MA, MBACP
Counselling and psychotherapy in Nottingham, Mansfield and online.
Please get in contact to book an appointment. Available from Monday to Saturday.
Let’s move forward.
Be Present. Open Up. Do What Matters.
Why Counselling/Psychotherapy?
We are all affected by hardship at some point in our lives. We may experience depression, anxiety, and a host of other challenges impacting our quality of life. We can feel defeated, with every day feeling like a never-ending struggle. It can feel as though we're focused solely on survival, leaving us with little or no energy for things that bring us joy, fulfilment, and purpose.
Although contacting a mental health professional can be daunting, reaching out for help is a courageous first step in transforming your life for the better. By getting in touch, you are making your first step towards moving forward with your life and writing your new story.
To this end, therapy provides a safe, warm space to explore problems and develop practical solutions, helping you live an abundant life. Indeed, as we embark on your counselling journey, we open up to a range of possibilities. To learn more, click on the button below.
About me
My name’s Dominic, and I am a fully qualified counsellor and psychotherapist with several years of clinical experience in the voluntary sector and private practice. My specialities include depression, anxiety, self-esteem, autism/ADHD, and gender incongruence.
I graduated from the University of Nottingham with a First-Class degree in Humanistic Counselling Practice with a focus on person-centred psychology. After qualifying as a counsellor, I was shortly thereafter awarded a Master of Arts degree in Criminology from Nottingham Trent University.
I have continued to hone my craft and passion through ongoing professional development training and regular monthly supervision. I have undertaken further postgraduate training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to augment the versatility and efficacy of my therapeutic practice.
In 2027, my goal will be to diversify and expand my practice by taking courses in Gender, Sex, and Relationship Therapy (GSRD) through Pink Therapy, ensuring continued, informed, high-quality care for gender, sexual and relationship minorities.
My primary academic interests include the therapeutic properties and applications of cognitive-emotional defusion, mindfulness, unconditional positive regard, and self-compassion.
As mentioned, although my therapeutic experience is wide-ranging, covering a wide variety of clinical presentations and backgrounds, I have considerable experience with the LGBTQ+ community, neurodivergence, and those dealing with recurring depression and anxiety.
My approach combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with the person-centred approach, and, as each client is unique, is calibrated to the individual needs of my clients. In line with providing both ethical and the highest-quality service, my therapeutic modality is evidence-based and evolves in line with ongoing research.
I work in Mansfield, Nottingham, and online. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, much of my work has shifted to telehealth, enabling me to reach clients across the UK. In-person appointments are now available from Monday to Saturday.
Regardless of your current story, if you're struggling with your mental health or looking for a fresh start and you're unsure of a way forward, with your time mostly focused on just getting through the day, I will help you embark on a new path through a combination of detailed exploration and practical, tailored intervention.
My practice is emphatically LGBTQ+ affirming.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their ethical framework for the counselling and psychotherapy professions.
As a registered member of the BACP, I faithfully abide by the ethical framework issued by my professional association and governing body, ensuring the highest standards of practice. You are welcome to read the BACP's ethical framework here: https://www.bacp.co.uk/events-and-resources/ethics-and-standards/ethical-framework-for-the-counselling-professions/.
My role as a counsellor and psychotherapist
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in 2026:
ACT Essentials - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Association for Psychological Therapies)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Counselling Tutor)
Applying Theories of Grief to Practice (BACP)
Working with Bereavement and Complex Grief (BACP)
Working with Complex Grief (BACP)
Working with Suicidal Clients (Counsellor Tutor)
Understanding How Adverse Circumstances Can Complicate Grief (Counselling Tutor)
Grief and Bereavement (Counselling Tutor)
Bereavement Awareness (Counselling Tutor)
Working with Transgender Clients (Counselling Tutor)
Sex in Counselling (Counselling Tutor)
Working Inclusively with the LGBTQ+ Community (Counselling Tutor)Working with
Compulsive Sexual Behaviours (Counselling Tutor)
Understanding AuDHD (Counselling Tutor)
Working in Neurodivergent-affirming practice (Counselling Tutor)
Working with Limerent, Co-dependent or Romantically Obsessive Clients (Counselling Tutor)
My role as a counselling and psychotherapeutic practitioner is to help you identify what matters most to you and, when requested, equip you with a set of psychological tools, strategies, and techniques to live your life guided by your heartfelt values.
Alongside helping you explore and work through difficult thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, we'll devise a therapeutic action plan to help you manage and transcend these challenges, and retake ownership and authorship of your life. We will do this by practising strategies and equipping you with clinically proven psychological tools to support healing and growth.
You're very likely to leave the therapeutic process with a clear sense of what a vital, fulfilling life looks like to you. Indeed, we are all different, wonderful in our own way, and no one formula can capture the enormous complexity and diversity of our humanity, which is something to be affirmed and celebrated.
Ultimately, my role as a counsellor will be to create a supportive space that helps you navigate difficult experiences and embody and realise your unique self in the world.