Paul Hatherley, PhD

Several years ago i was waking up depressed and wondering if this was all there is to life. I had everything I had always wanted externally but still felt miserable and could not make any sense of it. I started working with Dr. Paul just to feel better about myself but discovered he was much more than just a therapist. He is a teacher of how to live with fulfillment and love your life and those in it. For instance, he teaches how to define your internal needs to be happy and that to love someone else it is really important to take care of your own needs first before you can genuinely take care of another person.
One way I take care of my needs is by spending time in nature and really paying close attention with my senses, mind and emotions. This satisfies a need in me to renew by filling my senses with beauty and my emotions with inspiration and caring for life and for the people in my life. This is a contrast in how I used to be in nature which was moving so fast hiking, biking or sking that I missed the whole experience of being there! The experience was more empty than fulfilling and did nothing to change me or how I approached life. I approach all of my life now paying much closer attention to every part of it and as a result have closer connections with the people I love than I ever had before.
I have had plenty of challenges in life and made some very human mistakes. Dr. Paul’s work has helped my understand myself, learn from my mistakes and actually be happy in spite of life’s inevitable pains and losses. I highly recommend working with Dr. Paul and reading his books for anyone who wants to live with enduring fulfillment in the personal, professional and relationship parts of their life. And, bring your teenagers to see him. He can save them alot of time from making some of the same mistakes we did as we developed into adults! R.G.