A Different Angle
Talking Tackle & Tackle Talking
What is A Different Angle?
People have been saying for years that fishing is good for your mental health, and there’s a lot of truth in that. It slows life down and gives you space to think.
A Different Angle offers professional one-to-one counselling while you’re fishing.
It’s the same professional counselling you’d receive in a counselling room, just in a place that many people already find calming and familiar.
For some guys, that makes all the difference.
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Booking a session
Booking a session is simple. You choose a day and time that suits you, head to your chosen peg, get settled in, send me your peg number, and I’ll come and find you.
We’ll spend 50 minutes talking while you carry on fishing.
Afterwards, I’ll leave you to enjoy the rest of your day.
It’s relaxed, professional, and completely confidential.
Where sessions take place
→ Mote Park Lake, Maidstone (Day Ticket required)
→ Barming Stretch, River Medway, Maidstone (Day Ticket required)
In person sessions are also available at my room in Rochester, or online via video call.
Meet Dave
I’m a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, and much of my work focuses on men’s mental health. But I haven’t always done this.
Over the years I’ve worked as a carpenter and building contractor, a blacksmith, and even a tattoo artist. I’ve lived a few different lives, and I know first-hand that life is not always straightforward.
Fishing, though, has always been a constant.
I’m an all-round angler. On stillwaters I love catching rudd, crucians, and tench. On small rivers, I’m just as happy trotting for roach or quiver-tipping for chub and barbel. On bigger rivers, I’m often looking for river carp and barbel, and pike through the winter months.
Fishing has helped me through some difficult times over the years. When life feels busy, stressful, or overwhelming, time beside the water helps clear my head and reset.
And like many guys, I know opening up doesn’t always come naturally. I’ve seen that in myself, and I see it regularly in my counselling work too.
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A Different Angle grew out of all of that.
It brings together professional counselling with the calm, familiar environment of fishing, and to me, the two have always felt like a natural fit.
I know fishing helps. I know talking helps. I’ve spent years doing both. So I thought, why not bring the two together?
And if it helps someone take that first step, then it’s done exactly what I hoped it would.
Tight lines,
Dave
Professional standards
I am a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, a registered member of the BACP, and fully insured to provide counselling support.
Although sessions take place outdoors, they remain professional counselling sessions delivered to the same ethical and professional standards you would expect from any counselling setting.
All sessions are delivered in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework, with confidentiality, professionalism, and respect at the heart of every conversation.
Important information
Sessions take place outdoors in natural environments.
Anyone attending a session does so voluntarily and is responsible for their own equipment, permits, and for ensuring they act within their own physical capabilities.
Reasonable steps are always taken to assess and reduce foreseeable risks wherever possible.
A Different Angle is not an emergency or crisis service.
If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis or feel that you or someone else is at immediate risk, please contact the appropriate emergency services or crisis support.