Accredited Counsellors, Coaches,
Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists
Psychotherapy for people over 40 who can't believe how fast time has gone — and want more from the years ahead.
Understand Your Patterns
Break The Patterns
Move Forward
Identify the patterns that have held you back.
Interrupt automatic responses and choose something different.
Build new ways of thinking and behaving that actually last.
About
"I love helping people and learn as much from my clients as they do from me. True collabotration is the key; change is possible".
Hi, my name is David Dolling. I hope this website is easy to navigate. If you have any questions not covered here, please feel free to drop me a message and I'll be happy to help.
I bring both professional psychotherapy training and personal experience of therapy and change to the work we do together.
Before training as a psychotherapist, I worked as a teacher, education leader, personal trainer, and business owner — different paths, but all shaped by supporting people through challenge, growth, and change.
As a qualified psychotherapist and ACCPH member — and as a husband and father — I grew Soulwood from those experiences, offering an integrative, grounded, and genuinely human approach to therapy.
I understand that how we care for ourselves often shapes how we care for — and relate to — the people who matter most to us.
Responsibilities, stress, loss, trauma, and old patterns can quietly pull us away from the life we hoped to be living.
You may want to feel calmer, healthier, more confident, or more present — with more energy for the people and relationships that matter most.
Perhaps ambitions, passions, or parts of yourself have been placed on hold and you want to reconnect with them.
Or maybe you are simply tired of surviving and want to begin living more intentionally.
With support, guidance, and honest exploration, change is possible.
Have you ever found yourself thinking:
"I wish I could go back and live then with what I know now?"
Many people do.
Who It's For
You are not too old.
You are not too late.
And you do not have to do it alone.
How I Work
I do not let therapy get in the way of human connection.
Professional training and therapeutic skill matter — but people rarely change because of theory alone.
At Soulwood, therapy is collaborative, human, and grounded in real connection.
You will be heard and understood — but also challenged.
Because therapy is not only about feeling understood — it is also about creating the conditions for real and lasting change.
Reviews
Jason - Business Owner
"Dave started by transforming my life as a teenager, and now he's continuing his work nearly 15 years years later. I can't find the words to describe the impact of my experiences with Dave ".
Ray - Teacher
"I am very thankful for Dave who is guiding me, listening and letting me see that I can go forward. His patience and kindness allows me to make steps the way I need to. I am now on my journey to living my dream life".
Puja - Marketing Professional
"Don’t doubt yourself if you stumble across Dave's details. I have not only learnt so much about myself, but about other people too during the process. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to anyone. Invest in yourself".
Jay - Songwriter
"I felt safe at all times discussing issues I had not properly dealt with since childhood.The weight that lifted from those conversations, combined with the practical skills Dave taught me for self-management, has been invaluable."
Michelle - Singer
"I've been working with Dave for a few months now, on what I’d describe as some 'deeply rooted trauma' that has been holding me back in life. Recently, we had a breakthrough after 25 years of silence, which is truly astonishing!"