Trauma- Informed Individual Therapy for Adults
Honouring your survival and helping you find what's next
If therapy has ever felt like something done to you instead of with you, this is different. Here, your adaptations are honoured, not pathologised. Healing begins with safety, collaboration, and reconnection to yourself.
Individual Therapy
Gentle, collaborative support for people carrying complex stories
This is therapy that meets you where you are, with no pressure to be fixed and no rush to be okay. Whether we work together online or by phone, I offer a trauma-informed, relational space where your story is held with care and your survival is never pathologised.
For the Ones Who’ve Been Carrying So Much
I work with adults from (18+) who’ve often been misunderstood by systems, by past therapists, even by themselves. You might be dealing with dissociation, eating struggles that don’t fit neat boxes, chronic pain, or the long tail of relational trauma. Maybe you feel overwhelmed one moment and numb the next. Maybe you’re simply exhausted from trying to hold it all together. You want something to change, but you need it to feel safe first.
A Therapy Space That Meets You Where You Are
Therapy with me isn’t about following a script. It’s co-created. It’s responsive. You might find that you start to feel more present. More choiceful. Less tangled in shame. You may begin to set boundaries that felt impossible before. To speak, rest, eat, move, from a place of deeper knowing.
Sessions: £140 for 60 minutes or £175 for 90 minutes
If you’re feeling unsure, that’s okay. We can start small. A conversation. A session. You don’t have to have it all figured out.
How Therapy Can Help
Therapy isn’t just about surviving the hard parts. It’s about creating something steadier, kinder, more aligned. It offers space to make sense of things, gently shift patterns, and reconnect with parts of yourself that have felt out of reach.
Deepen your sense of safety and self-trust
Navigate trauma, grief, or shame at a pace that feels manageable
Build capacity for emotional regulation and presence
Understand and unlearn protective strategies that no longer serve you
Explore identity, relationships, and the boundaries you want to set
Grow confidence, compassion, and connection from the inside out
Healing isn’t linear, and it rarely looks tidy. But over time, therapy can help you move from surviving to something more alive. A life where joy feels possible, connection feels safe, and you’re free to choose what truly fits you.
A Gentle Guide to Getting Started
Starting therapy is a meaningful step and it’s okay if it feels a little uncertain. Here’s what to expect, so you can move at your own pace, with clarity and care.
Investment
Therapy Sessions -
- £140 - 60 minutes
- £175 - 90 minutes
Sessions available - By Zoom or phone, for clients and practitioners across the UK and beyond.
Availability - I do not work on Mondays or Friday afternoons.
Here’s what to expect
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You can email me directly to book an assessment session. Let me know a bit about what you’re looking for, and feel free to ask any questions. We’ll find a time and rhythm that feels right for you.
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An initial 90-minute assessment session offers us the opportunity to explore what brings you to therapy, what you’re hoping to gain, and how we might work together towards your goals for healing and change. We’ll begin to get a sense of your needs, hopes, and priorities, and collaboratively contract how we’ll work in partnership. This first session also begins to lay the foundation for our therapeutic relationship. Everything that happens in therapy, and in relationships more broadly, is co-created. This session gives us both a chance to begin that process with openness, curiosity, and mutual respect.
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The first 1–6 sessions are considered part of the assessment phase, where we begin to build a therapeutic roadmap that is centred around you and your needs, your goals, and what you want from therapy. This initial phase is a collaborative process where we start to make sense of what’s brought you here and co-create a formulation that supports your journey towards growth, wellbeing, and lasting change.
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Regular sessions (usually weekly) will focus on deepening our understanding of what you want and need, what might be getting in the way, and how we can navigate any stuck patterns or obstacles together. We’ll also explore how trauma may be shaping your present experience and how it lives on in the body, mind, behaviours, relationships, and even in the therapeutic space between us. Trauma lives in the present—not just in the past—and part of our work is to notice how it shows up now: in your choices, in moments where choice feels absent, and in the dynamics we co-create. By bringing compassionate awareness to these patterns, we can begin to gently shift what no longer serves you, supporting greater agency, connection, and healing.
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Throughout our work, we’ll continue to explore your progress and what you need. Therapy is ultimately about supporting you in becoming more fully you, connected, empowered, and living in the present. All therapy holds the knowledge that it will one day end; my role is to support you in understanding yourself, meeting your needs with compassion, and building the inner resources to thrive beyond our work together. As we move forward, we’ll also look at what you might need to maintain and continue your progress beyond the therapeutic relationship.
✱ You feel like therapy has never quite fit, like something about you has always been “too much”
✱ You struggle with food or your body in ways that are hard to explain, but somehow feel protective
✱ You find yourself shutting down or spacing out in moments that matter
✱ You live with chronic pain or health issues that others don’t seem to understand
✱ You carry a constant hum of shame, even when nothing’s “wrong”
✱ You’ve survived things that still echo in your nervous system
✱ You’ve been told you’re sensitive, and you are, but not in the way they meant
✱ You want to feel safe in your body, your relationships, your life
✱ You’re tired of surviving and quietly hoping for more
This might be the right space for you if…
Questions You Might Have Before Starting
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Yes completely. Beginning therapy can feel like a big step, especially if relationships haven’t always felt safe or supportive. You’re considering inviting someone into your inner world, and that takes courage. Feeling unsure, anxious, or hesitant is a very natural response. We’ll explore these feelings together, and you’ll never be rushed. We’ll go at a pace that feels manageable for you while gently staying open to challenge, as this is often where growth begins.
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The first 1–6 sessions are part of a collaborative assessment phase. This is our chance to get to know each other and see what’s emerging for you. I’ll ask questions to begin building a shared understanding of your experiences, and you’re invited to bring whatever feels relevant or important at your own pace. These early sessions also help us shape how we might work together to build trust, identify your hopes, and co-create a therapeutic process that feels grounded, attuned, and supportive.
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I see therapy as a collaborative, relational process. You are the expert on your own life. My role is to walk alongside you, helping to gently uncover what may have become buried or tangled over time, and support you to reconnect with your inner knowing and strengths. We’ll explore how your past has shaped you, how it may be showing up now, including in our relationship and work together to create space for growth, healing, and joy. I bring knowledge of trauma, neurobiology, and relational dynamics but we build the work around you.
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I’ll offer reflections, insights, or information when it feels helpful—but never in a directive or prescriptive way. I deeply respect your autonomy and capacity to find what feels right for you. Together, we’ll create space to reconnect with your own voice and values.
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I offer therapy via Zoom, which allows us to work together from the comfort of your own space. You’ll need a device with a camera and mic, a reliable internet connection, and somewhere private to talk. I’ll send you a secure link before your first session. Online therapy can offer flexibility, consistency, and safety—especially when it’s important to feel anchored in your own environment.
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Currently, I work exclusively online. This allows greater flexibility and accessibility for many clients, and enables us to work together regardless of location.
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I am registered with WPA Insurance and can provide invoices for reimbursement if your plan allows. I don’t currently work directly with other insurance providers, but I’m happy to issue receipts if you're able to claim independently.
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I ask for 48 hours’ notice for any cancellations or reschedules. Sessions cancelled with less notice are charged in full. If I don’t hear from you within 5 days of a missed session, I may cancel future bookings but I’ll always try to get in touch first. If something’s getting in the way of attending regularly, we can talk about it together and adjust where needed.
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What you share in therapy is private and confidential, with a few legal exceptions such as risk of serious harm or a court order. I also engage in regular clinical supervision (as all ethical therapists do) to ensure I’m providing the best support I can, while fully protecting your identity. You’re always welcome to ask more about this. We’ll be transparent and collaborative in all aspects of the work.
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That’s okay. You don’t need a particular label or definition to come to therapy. What matters is how things have impacted you. If something is causing distress, holding you back, or making life harder—then it’s important. We’ll use language that feels right for you, and focus on what you’re experiencing—not just what it's called.