We pride ourselves on the depth and breadth of our expertise.
Our team members are both experienced business specialists and practicing therapists.
This unique combination means we understand people at a deeper level and know how to create the conditions for them to perform at their best.
Meet the Team
Phil Shaw
Founder + Psychotherapist + Anthropologist
Phil is a psychotherapist, anthropologist, and former innovation specialist with a background in the creative arts. His rare combination of disciplines makes him uniquely equipped to help businesses build psychologically safe, emotionally intelligent cultures - while staying competitive, relevant, and future-facing.
For over a decade, Phil worked at the cutting edge of brand and business innovation, helping companies pioneer new thinking, redefine their market position, and unlock fresh relevance in fast-moving environments. This work spanned industries - from global corporations to ambitious start-ups - and placed him at the intersection of strategy, human behaviour, and culture change.
Alongside this, his training in anthropology deepened his understanding of how people operate within systems. It gave him the tools to identify cultural undercurrents, unspoken dynamics, and the real (not just stated) values that shape behaviour in organisations. His parallel path into psychotherapy added yet another layer - equipping him with the insight and empathy needed to help people understand themselves and each other more fully.
Today, Phil brings all this together to offer something uniquely valuable: a truly holistic approach to organisational wellbeing and culture transformation. He listens deeply, sees what others might miss, and works collaboratively to design meaningful, growthful, and productive change from the inside out.
Neil Hutchison
Founder + Psychotherapist + Consultant
Neil brings over two decades of combined experience across financial and professional services, charity leadership, and, more recently, psychotherapy. His current work as a therapist and business partner is grounded in a rare blend of commercial insight, strategic acumen, and psychological depth—helping individuals, teams and organisations navigate complexity, change, and the emotional realities of balancing personal and professional life.
Neil’s career began in financial and professional services, where he spent 18 years in senior roles across operations, risk and governance. His work included FCA-regulated roles, designing and embedding organisational frameworks, managing high-performing teams, and advising Executive and board-level stakeholders. In these roles, he was known not only for his technical expertise and leadership skills but for shaping cultures - building environments of accountability, resilience, and psychological safety in high-pressure settings.
Alongside this, Neil has been a passionate supporter of various charities, whether as a fundraiser, volunteer or Trustee. This drive has fed into the Room for Growth philosophy of widening access to the power of the therapeutic relationship, whether through affordable group therapy or corporate education and support.
Whether supporting individual leaders, facilitating organisational development, or advising on psychologically-informed approaches to governance and culture, Neil offers a unique mix of professionalism, compassion and clarity.
Our Philosophy:
We believe passionately that everyone deserves to have an experience of work that is empowering, growthful, and emotionally and mentally healthy.
Our Philosophy is underpinned by our four core beliefs:
We believe that high performance cultures require high levels of support.
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We believe it’s unrealistic to expect leaders to adequately support all employees themselves.
We believe this support must be specialist and delivered by dedicated, trained professionals.
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We believe working at depth with rigour enables truly transformational and porfitable change that lasts.
The Unique Power of our Work
By bringing the wisdom and rigour of therapeutic practice into businesses, we empower people at every level to grow professionally and personally in ways that matter to them and their company.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY
People can only fully engage when they feel truly safe. Through clear and quantifiable action, we mindfully create environments where honesty, vulnerability, and growth can happen.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE
True self-awareness helps people engage without ego, receive feedback without defensiveness, and remain curious. We compassionately support people as they engage with their whole self and mobilise their full potential.
OWNING YOUR IMPACT
Power dynamics exist in every relationship, but rather than ignoring them, we cultivate awareness of how power operates to promote collaboration, agency and empowerment - so that people can own their power.
STIMULATING YOUR GROWTH
We support people in uncovering the growth that feels more relevant and meaningful for them. This can include rumbling with the things they’d prefer to avoid, but we do it together to enable authentic, sustainable transformation.