Psychotherapeutic Counselling Sessions

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I am a psychotherapeutic counsellor and psychotherapist offering safe, confidential and supportive space for individuals to explore their inner world, emotional experiences and relationships.

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Life brings many transitions and challenges, and there are times when having a dedicated space to reflect, process and be truly heard can be profoundly helpful. Therapy offers an opportunity to pause, step away from the roles and expectations we carry, and explore our thoughts, feelings, and patterns with honesty and curiosity.

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Within the therapeutic space you are able to put down the masks we often wear in daily life and simply be who you are, without judgement, pressure or advice. Together we can begin to explore the experiences, relationships and patterns that may be shaping how you feel about yourself and the world around you.

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People come to therapy for many different reasons. You may be experiencing relationship difficulties, emotional overwhelm, life transitions, anxiety, struggles with self worth, or feel that certain patterns continue to repeat in your life. Therapy can provide a space to gently explore these experiences and develop greater understanding and self compassion. 

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My Therapeutic Approach

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I work from a pluralistic and integrative perspective, meaning therapy is tailored to the unique needs of each individual rather than applying a single fixed approach.

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My primary therapeutic lens is psychodynamic, which explores how early life experiences and relationships shape the way we think, feel and relate to others in the present. Alongside this, I draw from Humanistic, Jungian and Cognitive Behavioral approaches where appropriate.

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While my work is always depth-oriented, I integrate different therapeutic modalities depending on what best supports the client and the work we are doing together.

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These may include

Somatic Experiencing

Gestalt Therapy

Transactional Analysis

Polyvagal Theory

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This integrative approach allows us to work not only with thoughts and emotions, but also with the body, nervous system and unconscious relational patterns that can influence our lives.

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I believe that meaningful therapeutic change emerges through a safe, attuned and collaborative relationship. within this space, clients can develop greater awareness of their internal world, regulate emotional experiences, and begin to cultivate a more compassionate relationship within themselves.

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Working with Attachment

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A central part of my work focuses on attachment and relational patterns.

Attachment theory helps us understand how our earliest relationships influence the way we experience closeness, trust, intimacy and emotional safety in adulthood. Many of the difficulties we encounter in relationships whether romantic, familial or friendships can often be connected to these early attachment experiences.

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These patterns can shape how we respond to closeness, conflict, vulnerability and emotional needs, often operating outside of our conscious awareness. 

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In therapy we may explore patterns such as:

Fear of abandonment and rejection

Difficulty trusting others

Emotional withdrawal or avoidance

People pleasing or over functioning in relationships

Feeling overly responsible for others

Repeating painful relational dynamics

Struggles with intimacy or vulnerability

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By bringing awareness to these patterns therapy can support you in understanding where these responses come from and how they maybe impacting your current relationships.

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How Therapy Can Help Heal Attachment Wounds

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Our earliest relationships shape the way we experience connection, safety and emotional closeness. When early relationships are inconsistent, unavailable or overwhelming, we may develop attachment patterns that once helped us cope but can later create difficulties in adult relationships.

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These patterns often operate outside of the conscious awareness and can show up as anxiety in relationships, emotional withdrawal, difficulty trusting others, or a tendency to repeat painful relational dynamics.

In therapy we begin to gently explore these patterns with curiosity and compassion rather than judgement.

The therapeutic relationship itself can become an important part of this healing process. Through consistent, safe and attuned relationship, it becomes possible to experience a different kind of relational dynamic - one that supports trust, emotional safety and authenticity. 

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Over time, this process can help clients

Develop greater emotional awareness

Understand their relational patterns

Regulate emotional responses more effectively

Build healthier boundaries

feel safer with closeness and connection

Cultivate greater self compassion

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Healing attachment wounds is often a gradual and meaningful process. Therapy provides a supportive space where these patterns can be understood, processed and slowly transformed.

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Area I Commonly Work With

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Clients come to therapy for a wide range of reasons, Including:

Attachment and relationship difficulties 

Eating disorders and body image struggles

Anxiety and emotional overwhelm

Life transitions and identity changes

Trauma and past experiences

Self worth and self criticism

Grief and loss

 

Session information

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I offer both short term and longer term therapy, depending on your individual needs and goals.

Sessions are collaborative and client led, allowing space for exploration, reflection and deeper understaning

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Sessions are :

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60 minutes

Usually held weekly to support continuity and therapeutic progress

Fee: £60 per session

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If you are curious about beginning therapy, you are welcome to get in touch to arrange an initial conversation.

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