When your head is a mess and life feels overwhelming, talking to someone about your thoughts, feelings and the things you are going through can really help. Sometimes friends and family are too close to the problem to see things from your point of view. Maybe they’re quick to judge or they minimise your experiences. Maybe they ARE the problem! Or perhaps they desperately want to help, but don’t know how.

Counselling might be the answer, and that’s where I can help.

Person-Centred Therapy

I tend to use a ‘person-centred’ approach to therapy, meaning that you choose the subject matter, depth and pace of our work together, and I am there to help you make sense of what you’re going through and help you develop ways of coping, now and going forward.

Often, I will suggest we use ideas, tools and techniques from other modes of therapy or psychological theory (such as CBT, Attachment Theory, Art Therapy, etc.) if these could be helpful or interesting to you. I like to adapt the therapy to fit the client as we go along, rather than stick rigidly to one approach.

Your input and feedback about what is useful to you (or not) is valued and taken on board – these are YOUR counselling sessions so we’ll do what works for YOU.

If talking about yourself and/or your feelings is difficult for you I can provide some more structured activities, like discussion cards and games or creative activities, to help you open up.

Trauma-informed & Neuro-affirming

I am a ‘trauma-informed practitioner’, which means that I understand that everything that has happened to you up until now has affected you in some way, a little or a lot, good or bad.

I believe that if you are struggling, it’s NOT because there’s something ‘wrong’ with you; it’s because you have had some negative experiences, and these may be holding you back, because you've not yet fully worked through them, or maybe you just process things in a different way to other people.

If you are NeuroDivergent, you think you might be or have been given a diagnosis, I will always view this as a difference, rather than a flaw. I won't try to 'fix' you, because I don’t believe you’re broken. I'll help you to explore your unique experiences, difficulties, wants and needs in a way that supports who you already are.

You are free to (and welcome to) show all your emotions in our sessions. I will be open minded and interested in what you have to say, and I won’t judge you. I’m not easily shocked and I can handle whatever you need to talk about.