Therapy

Are you seeking therapy?

It takes courage to admit that something is wrong, and even more courage to seek professional help. If you're in need of support, I'm here to help. As a qualified integrative counselor, I am honest, compassionate, and empathetic in my approach. I have experience working with individuals from all backgrounds and walks of life, helping them feel heard, validated, and empowered.
I pride myself on being a nurturing, conscientious and a reflective therapist. These qualities have enabled me to support my clients in their healing journey and provide them with the tools and confidence to overcome their inner pain.
I specialise in anxiety, trauma and low self-esteem. My integrative approach combines various therapeutic modalities, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy and person-centered therapy, to meet your individual needs.
My goal is to provide a safe, non-judgmental and supportive space for you to explore your thoughts and emotions. Together, we'll work towards helping you achieve greater self-awareness, improved coping skills and a more fulfilling life.

My specialisms

I work with clients on many different issues, I regularly undertake CPD to ensure I am working at a high competency. My main fields of expertise are the following:

Trauma

When trauma is deeply set in, it can feel impossible to begin to undo the pain, let go of the shame and be released from the suffering that has been absorbed. In therapy, opening the door on past trauma within a safe, held and supportive space can ignite new energy for healing and provide opportunities for change. I have been privileged to share this journey with many clients over the years and witness how they release and let go of their past by finding peace and wisdom within themselves to live life their way.

Anxiety

Our anxiety and survival instincts are our greatest self-protection in life but at the same time, for some of us, it can feel our worse enemy. Learning to understand anxiety and exploring what is happening for you when you feel anxious and why; can provide valuable insight into effectively dealing with it.
Anxiety optimises our ability to react and places us in survival mode. During this process our executive functioning and ability to reason gets shut down. Learning how to calm the body and take back control is instrumental to our wellbeing and is a skill we can learn with practice. In my practice I guide clients toward self-acceptance and empowerment in order to feel the self-compassion needed to ease chronic anxiety or daily panic.

Self-worth

What messages were you told as a child from parents, teachers, friends, relatives? If these were negative and have been absorbed and not questioned, they will have had a detrimental impact on what you believe about yourself.
Through therapy we can uncover core beliefs, explore where they have come from and decide if they are helpful to hold onto.
Self-esteem can be built and nurtured and once this journey has begun clients are able change how they see themselves in their world and empower themselves.

Ways to work with me..

In-person

I am based in Cambridge off Mill Road and St Ives.
In-person counselling is ideal for those who need a space outside of their normal life to experience therapy. This can help if confidentiality and privacy is difficult to come by. In-person therapy can provide a place to feel safe and confident in exploring personal and intimate thoughts, feelings and experiences.

Online via Zoom

Online therapy is easy and convenient and according to recent research (BACP 2021), it is as beneficial as in-person counselling. I have worked a lot online and have found forming a collaborative and empowering human connection can happen as easily online as it does in-person. If you are interested in online therapy please get in touch.

Walk and talk

Nature, exercise and therapy combined can be very fulfilling and ideal for those who want to try something new. I recommend being relatively fit, we will be walking for an hour or so depending on pace. I etch out an hour and a half from my diary to provide plenty of time to get round a chosen route. I also recommend wellies, it can be very muddy. If you are interested and want more information please don't hesitate to contact me.

Let’s Work Together

Get in touch so we can start working together.