Compassionate online therapy for anxiety, past trauma, and relationship challenges
I help big-hearted people across the UK to heal, find more calm, and build lives that truly nourish them.
You have found the right place.
Whether you are experiencing relationship challenges, struggling with anxiety and panic, or trying to recover from life’s traumas, I understand how exhausting it can be, to be searching for peace in a stressful world.
You want more calm and more joy. You want healthier, more harmonious relationships. And you want to find your way to thrive.
A happier, calmer, more nourishing life is possible. And I am here to support you on this journey.
Here is how we can begin, together
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Explore
Browse the areas I work with below to find out if my approach feels right for you.
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Connect
Book a free 20 minute phone consultation, so we can find out if we are a good fit.
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Begin
If we decide to work together, we will agree a time that suits you and begin your journey.
Therapy for anxiety and panic
You might be feeling anxious or panicky, struggling to find calm in a world that feels overwhelming and anxiety provoking.
I understand how exhausting it can be, to be searching for peace in a stressful world.
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You feel overwhelmed by anxiety or panic, sometimes multiple times a day
You may on the surface seem to be coping, but it comes at a high cost in terms of the anxiety or panic that you feel
Or you might be avoiding situations that you worry will trigger anxiety, which is making your life smaller
You feel like you are carrying a lot and struggling to find relief
You want to understand your anxiety and learn how to manage it
You want to feel more calm, connected and at peace - but you don't know how to get there
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Like you understand your anxiety or panic and are better able to manage it
Equipped with practical tools to calm and regulate your nervous system
Able to face situations that previously felt frightening with more confidence
More calm, connected and present in your daily life
Like you are living a full life again
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My approach is warm, friendly and down to earth, making it easier for you to experience emotional safety, kindness towards yourself and to explore your anxiety or panic in a helpful way.
Together we’ll empower you with appropriate approaches, tools and techniques, using mind and body to help you to understand and better manage your anxiety.
I’ll help you to explore past experiences that may be contributing to your anxiety or panic, so that we can address these with a gentle trauma therapy approach.
Therapy approaches include Person Centred Therapy, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Integrated Eye Movement Therapy, Inner Child Work, Breathwork and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
My aim is to help you to find more calm and to reclaim any parts of your life which have been put on hold due to anxiety or panic. So that you can live a full and satisfying life again.
When you’re someone who feels deeply, life’s trauma can feel like it sticks. The impact of what you experienced can get in the way of you leading a full and happy life now.
You would like support to help you to recover from what happened, so that you can move forwards towards the life that you want to create.
Therapy for past trauma
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You have experienced stressful or traumatic events, which have had a long term impact on your mind and body
This could include difficult childhood experiences such as living with parental conflict or divorce, domestic abuse, a parents addiction or mental health problem, abuse or neglect.
You may have experienced trauma as an adult, such as an abusive relationship, miscarriage, birth trauma, medical trauma, divorce or bullying.
The fear, sadness, hurt or anger from the past gets triggered by situations in your current life.
Difficult memories keep replaying in your mind
You feel like you have been carrying this pain for too long
You want to move forwards but you don’t know how
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Able to recover from what happened and move forwards with your life
Less triggered by events or relationships in your daily life
Freed up from the emotional weight of the past
Reconnected with parts of yourself you thought you had lost
Greater peace, confidence and joy in your daily life
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My approach is warm, friendly and down to earth, making it easier for you to experience emotional safety and kindness towards yourself.
We will gently explore the impact of your life traumas, so that you can understand your response to them and have more compassion towards yourself.
Although I will offer guidance for your recovery journey, you are always in control and we will work at a pace that is right for you.
I will help you to understand how to support and regulate your nervous system, teaching you somatic tools and techniques that can help your mind and body to recover from what happened.
When you are ready, I offer trauma recovery techniques including Emotional Freedom Techniques, Integrated Eye Movement Therapy and Inner Child Therapy. These approaches help to reduce the impact of trauma so that you can move forwards with your life, have happier relationships and experience more calm and joy.
Harmony is really important to you, but you are struggling to find it in some of your relationships. You may have found yourself sacrificing your own needs in order to try and keep the peace, with a lasting impact on your levels of happiness and wellbeing.
Or perhaps you are experiencing painful cycles of conflict or anxiety with your partner, that you’re unsure how to break. You want to create happier, healthier relationships.
Therapy for relationship challenges
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You may find yourself frequently putting others first to try and keep the peace. This has a high cost for you as it often leaves your own needs unmet.
You struggle to express how you truly feel or ask for what you need.
Or you feel caught in painful, familiar, repeating patterns of conflict in relationships, which trigger anxiety, anger or withdrawal.
You deeply want happier, more fulfilling connections with those close to you.
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Able to ask for what you need and express how you truly feel
Able to understand and break free from repeated patterns of conflict and disharmony
More confident in establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries
Able to make a positive difference in the world while still caring for yourself
Able to make healthier choices and create happier, more harmonious relationships
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My approach is warm, friendly and down to earth, making it easier for you to experience emotional safety, kindness towards yourself and to explore your relationship concerns in a helpful and constructive way.
Within this supportive space, we will gently explore the patterns that have been playing out for you.
Many relationship challenges are rooted in childhood trauma, or trauma from earlier adult relationships. I’ll help you to explore potential roots and gently use trauma therapy to address them. My experience is that over time these techniques have a powerful impact, helping you to experience your current relationship differently and make new choices that improve your relationships.
The somatic therapy that I offer enables you to soothe your nervous system, to help to ease the intense emotions that surface during conflict or disharmony. This supports you to have calmer, more helpful reactions.
I offer a range of therapy approaches including Person Centred Therapy, Relationship Education, Communication skills, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Integrated Eye Movement Therapy, Inner Child Therapy and Breathwork. We’ll often use a combination of these approaches to help you to create happier, healthier relationships.
Frequently Asked Questions
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I will reply to you within 2 working days.
We will arrange a free 20 minute phone consultation. This is an opportunity for you to tell me what you would like support for and for you to ask any questions that you might have. If we both decide that we are a good fit for working together, we will find a time slot that works for you.
Before your first appointment I will ask you to complete a couple of short forms online and to send the payment for your session in advance of the appointment.
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I offer either weekly or fortnightly sessions, depending on your preference.
Most of my clients have a regular slot that I keep for as long as they need it e.g 10.45am every Monday.
I also have capacity for a few clients who need ad-hoc sessions e.g. if they work shifts or don’t have a regular schedule.
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The sessions are £75 for an hour of therapy.
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I work between 8am and 5pm on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
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No, my appointments are held online via Zoom or over the phone.
My clients find this to be a convenient way to fit therapy into a busy life and have sessions from the comfort of their own home.
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Yes, what you tell me in the therapy sessions is confidential. The only exceptions to this are if I am required to share information for legal reasons or in order to protect against harm to yourself or another person.
I also have regular supervision, which is a requirement of my professional membership with the BACP. In these sessions I talk about some of the details from clients sessions, but without using any personally identifiable information. This supervision process is in place to ensure that you receive the best possible therapy.
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It varies according to your individual needs. Most of my clients need longer term therapy. I’d say that the average is 6 - 12 months, but some people need longer than this.
You are in control and are free to end the sessions at any point. Normally therapy ends when you are happy that you have achieved the changes that you would like.
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My therapy is likely to work well for you if:
You are happy to commit to regular therapy, either weekly or fortnightly
You are open to a holistic approach that includes a focus on mind, body and breath.
You are willing to practice self-care exercises between our sessions e.g. breathwork exercises - even 5 minutes a day can make a difference!
Ready to begin?
Take the first step.
A happier, calmer, more nourishing life is possible. And I would love to support you on that journey, together.