Change Your Mind, Change Your Life

“Quietly groundbreaking.” – The Telegraph

(Though for balance, The Daily Mail called it “worse than rubbish.” Naturally, I’ll be adding that to my CV too.)

This four-part BBC One series, fronted by Matt and Emma Willis, invited the nation into real-life therapy rooms for the first time. No scripts. No interventions. Just people trying—messily, bravely—to heal.

We filmed genuine, full-length therapy sessions (3 or 4 per perosn, but they all received a full course of therapy up to 12 sessions), capturing pivotal moments through completely hidden cameras behind two-way mirrors. The result? Raw, unfiltered insights into the minds of everyday people confronting anxiety, addiction, trauma, and grief. It was intimate, complex, and sometimes chaotic—like mental health itself.

I directed and self-shot presenter visits with Matt and Emma as they gallivanted across the UK, checking in on contributors mid-journey. I conducted and lit the master interviews, crafted the stylised arrivals and exits, directed on the rig, and edited two of the episodes. I also worked closely with the series director to shape the tone and visual language of the show—from the grounded honesty of the therapy room to the lyrical, almost cinematic texture of the world outside it.

Working on this series felt like absorbing hours of therapy by osmosis. It wasn’t about preaching, or suggesting everyone needed therapy. It was about holding up a mirror. Showing someone at home that they’re not broken. That the messiness might just be human.

Behind the scenes, the team was chaotic in all the right ways—we lost lens caps but never our integrity. Every contributor thanked us not just for the care we took editorially, but for the compassion we showed as people. That, for me, is the real win.