Welcome to Inner Growth Pathways
Empowering you on your journey to inner healing and personal growth
with Transactional Analysis
My name is Gianluca, I am registered with N.C.P.S, I.A.R.T.A, E.A.T.A. and U.K.C.P.
I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist based in Horsham, West Sussex, working with individuals and couples in a way that is warm, relational, and deeply respectful of each person's unique experience. I believe that real, lasting change comes not from techniques alone, but from the quality of the therapeutic relationship — a space where you feel genuinely seen, heard, and understood.
My core modality is Relational Transactional Analysis, which I integrate with humanistic and psychodynamic thinking. This allows me to work with both the patterns of the present and the roots of the past, always at a pace that feels right for you. I am a Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA) in psychotherapy and offer therapy in both English and Italian.
I work with a wide range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, panic attacks, trauma, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, low self-esteem, and relationship difficulties. I have a particular interest in working with people who have felt marginalised, misunderstood, or different. My practice is explicitly neurodivergent-affirming and LGBTQ+ affirming — not simply as professional values, but as a genuine commitment to creating a space where all of who you are is welcome.
I work with adults individually and with couples, face-to-face in Warnham, Horsham, and online across the UK.
Who I can help
People come to me carrying all sorts of things — anxiety that won't let them rest, depression that's dulled the colour out of life, trauma that keeps replaying, relationship pain, a sense of not quite knowing who they are or where they belong. Some arrive in crisis; others have simply been struggling quietly for a long time and have finally decided to do something about it.
I work with anxiety and panic, depression, trauma and PTSD, OCD, eating disorders, low self-esteem, and relationship difficulties. I also have a particular interest in neurodivergence and LGBTQ+ experiences — areas where I bring both professional training and personal understanding.
If you're not sure whether what you're going through fits any of those categories, please reach out anyway. What matters most is that something feels hard, and you'd like some support.
What it actually feels like
I think one of the things people worry about most before starting therapy is what it will be like in the room. Will it feel clinical? Uncomfortable? Will I have to lie on a couch and talk about my childhood?
The honest answer is: sessions with me tend to feel more like a real conversation than anything else. There's warmth, and there's also honesty. I won't pretend to be a blank screen — I'm present as a person, not just as a professional. I try to bring a lightness where there's space for it, while holding difficult things with the seriousness they deserve.
You don't have to perform wellness or know the right things to say. You can arrive exactly as you are.
Taking the first step
If something here has resonated with you, I'd gently encourage you not to let that feeling pass. The gap between "I should probably talk to someone" and actually doing it can be enormous — I understand that, and I don't take it for granted when someone reaches out.
The first step is simple: a free 20-minute introductory call, no commitment needed. We talk, you get a sense of me, and we see whether it feels right to go further.
Get in touch — I'd be glad to hear from you.