Areas I Work With
People come to therapy for many different reasons — sometimes with a clear understanding of what they want to work on, and sometimes with only a sense that something doesn’t feel right. You don’t need to have the right language or fit into a particular category to begin.​ The areas below reflect some of the experiences I commonly support people with, though our work is always shaped around you and what feels most important in your life.
Healing Core Wounds
Core wounds are deeply held beliefs about ourselves that often form early in life — such as “I’m not enough,” “I don’t matter,” or “I’m unlovable.” These beliefs are not flaws; they are often the result of adapting to environments where emotional needs were unmet or inconsistently responded to.
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With healing core wounds counselling/therapy, we gently explore how these core wounds developed and how they continue to influence your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and sense of self. This work is paced carefully and grounded in compassion, helping you develop a kinder, more secure relationship with yourself.
Emotional Regulation & Inner Safety
Some people live with a heightened sense of emotional intensity or inner threat, where reactions can feel strong, sudden, or difficult to steady. This can develop in response to prolonged stress or relational experiences and is sometimes referred to in clinical settings as CPTSD, though many people experience these patterns without identifying with a diagnosis. It may show up as emotional overwhelm, heightened sensitivity, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, shame, or strong reactions to present-day situations that feel familiar on a nervous-system level.
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In therapy, we focus on building emotional regulation and internal safety at a manageable pace, using a relational and nervous-system-aware approach that understands these responses as adaptive rather than disordered.
Inner Child Work
Inner child work supports the parts of you that learned to survive emotionally at a young age. These parts may still hold fear, shame, loneliness, or unmet needs, even if you function well on the outside.
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I offer inner child work in a trauma-informed, relational way, without forcing emotional regression or overwhelming intensity. Together, we create safety and understanding for these younger parts, allowing them to be seen, heard, and supported — often for the first time.
Somatic Therapy
& Nervous System Regulation
Trauma and emotional experiences are not held only in the mind — they are also held in the body. You may notice chronic tension, shutdown, anxiety, or a sense of being disconnected from yourself.
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Where appropriate, I integrate somatic awareness into our work, gently noticing bodily sensations, breath, and emotional cues. This supports nervous system regulation and helps create change that is felt, not just understood.
Low Self-Worth
& Self-Esteem
Struggles with self-worth often have deep roots in early relational experiences. You may find yourself constantly self-criticising, doubting your value, or feeling undeserving of care, rest, or support.
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In therapy, we explore how these beliefs developed and work towards cultivating self-compassion, internal safety, and a more grounded sense of worth — not through positive thinking, but through understanding and emotional repair.
Addiction & Compulsive Patterns
Addiction can take many forms and is often less about substances themselves and more about attempts to cope with pain, overwhelm, emptiness, or emotional distress. These patterns may involve alcohol, drugs, food, work, relationships, or other behaviours that once offered relief but now feel difficult to control or move away from.
In therapy, we explore these patterns with curiosity and compassion rather than judgment, working to understand what the addiction has been protecting you from and supporting safer, more sustainable ways of coping and relating to yourself.
Relational & Attachment
Difficulties
Early attachment experiences can shape how we relate to others throughout life. You may notice patterns such as fear of abandonment, difficulty with closeness, people-pleasing, emotional withdrawal, or repeated relationship struggles.
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Counselling and therapy for attachment struggles provides a relational space where these patterns can be explored safely and where new ways of experiencing connection, boundaries, and trust can slowly emerge.
Codependency & People-Pleasing
Co-dependency and people-pleasing are often adaptive responses to early environments where care, approval, or safety felt conditional. These patterns can lead to over-functioning, difficulty saying no, and losing touch with your own needs.
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Together, we work to understand these patterns with compassion and support the development of clearer boundaries, self-trust, and a stronger connection to your own needs and values.
Early Relationships & Emotional Development
Early emotional experiences and relationships shape how we learn to feel safe, express needs, and relate to others. Sometimes these experiences include emotional neglect, inconsistency, or environments where it wasn’t safe to be fully seen. These early patterns can continue into adulthood, affecting self-worth, relationships, and emotional regulation — often without us realising why.
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Therapy offers a space to gently explore these early experiences and their ongoing effects, while building greater emotional safety, resilience, and self-trust
What to Expect
Therapy sessions usually take place on a weekly basis, particularly at the beginning, as consistency helps to build safety, trust, and continuity in the therapeutic process.
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​I offer therapy online, which allows you to access support from the comfort of your own space. Many people find this feels safer, more contained, and easier to integrate into everyday life — particularly when working with sensitive or relational themes.
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In our first session, we will gently explore what has brought you to therapy and what you are hoping for. There is no expectation to share everything at once. We move at a pace that feels manageable for you, with sensitivity to your nervous system and emotional capacity.
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My approach is non-judgemental, relational, and trauma-informed. I aim to create a space where you don’t need to perform, explain yourself, or have the “right” words. Together, we explore how your past experiences may still be shaping your present — particularly your relationship with yourself and others.
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I believe that unprocessed emotions are often held in the body, and that the body can offer valuable information about what we need. Where appropriate, we may integrate somatic awareness into our work — such as noticing sensations, breath, or emotional cues — always in a way that feels safe and consensual.
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My intention is not to “fix” you, but to support you in reconnecting with your own inner resources, so that you feel more empowered, grounded, and able to respond to life from a place of self-trust rather than survival.
