Helping you FEEL the Shape of your Emotion and FIND your Place in the world.
Living with bipolar is a complex reality that standard advice rarely covers. I work with you to navigate this condition by focusing on your felt experience. Together, we will use the wisdom of your body and my professional experience to ensure you have the stability to build the life you want.
Matthew Bushell is Your Bipolar Coach. His work is built on the reality of navigating the mental health system and a commitment to helping others do the same. Matthew offers the rare combination of professional skill and a genuine understanding of the condition.
Your bipolar coach. Supporting you to navigate the reality of bipolar
- Navigating the Reality of Bipolar: Understand your unique emotional patterns so you can stay in control and move forward with confidence.
- Stability in Life’s Transitions: Keep your nervous system steady during major changes like a new career, relocation, or relationship shifts.
- Reclaiming Your Agency: Move beyond the 'patient' label to rediscover your strengths and take the lead in your own recovery.
- Emotional Regulation: Learn to physically 'feel' and manage the intensity of the condition before it becomes overwhelming.
- Finding Your Place: Work on the practical reality of where you fit in the world and how to live a purposeful life on your own terms.
- Prevention & Stability: Use structured tools to identify early triggers and implement real-world measures in real-time.
- Relational Health: Learn to navigate the impact the condition has on your relationships through a mutual, peer-based approach.
- Professional Growth: Bridging the gap between the condition and the daily reality of thriving in a workplace or community.
A qualified approach to stability and growth
- Therapeutic Coaching: A professional process focused on the present and the future. We work on the practical shifts you need to see in your life right now.
- Shape of Emotion™: A framework that helps you physically map your feelings, allowing you to resolve emotional blockages.
- The SNAK Framework: A simple, step-by-step tool to manage triggers and maintain daily stability.
Professional, clinical & peer referrals
Matthew provides a professional bridge between clinical care and lived-experience recovery. As a Qualified Therapeutic Coach, Emotional Fitness Practitioner and Peer Support Specialist, he accepts referrals from mental health teams and organisations looking for structured, reliable support for their clients.
Own your life. Start today
If something about Matthew resonates, you are welcome to reach out.