How therapy can help
Many of the clients I work with have spent years trying to be everything to everyone. From the outside they appear capable and successful. Inside, they’re anxious, overwhelmed and quietly wondering why they can’t seem to keep up.
You may understand why you react the way you do, yet still find yourself feeling anxious, people-pleasing, shutting down or becoming overwhelmed. Therapy can help you notice these patterns not just in your thoughts but in your body too. By slowing down and paying attention to what happens in the moment, we can begin to understand these responses and create new ways of responding.
Perhaps you’re someone who…
- can’t switch your mind off
- constantly feels behind
- never feels you’re doing enough
- finds it easier to care for everyone else than yourself
- understands why you feel this way but still can’t change it
- keeps repeating the same relationship patterns
- feels disconnected from yourself
Therapy is about creating the conditions for lasting change. You can learn to feel your emotions without being overwhelmed by them, understand what you need and feel more able to ask for it. You can begin to treat yourself with the same kindness you offer others, set boundaries without guilt and break free from patterns that no longer serve you. Most importantly, therapy can give you the experience of being truly heard and accepted, helping you feel safer, more connected and more able to be yourself.
The experience I bring to your therapy
MSc in Therapeutic Counselling University of Greenwich
Registered member of the BACP
Postgraduate training at the Institute of Embodied Psychotherapy
Private practice, Sue Ryder Hospice, Mind and Samaritans
This 3 year teaching programme is recognised as Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023. Central to this course is Clarkson’s 5 Relationship Model, teaching advanced clinical theory alongside rigorous practical elements.
I am a registered member of the BACP and adhere to their code of ethics in my practice. I undertake regular professional development training to ensure that I am continuing to keep my skills and knowledge up to date.
This training has given me additional tools to help clients work with experiences that may be difficult to access through talking alone, including anxiety, trauma and emotional overwhelm.
I continue to grow my practice working with private clients with a broad range of issues. Previously I gained clinical experience across a variety of settings including hospice, community wellbeing support and crisis line.