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Therapy & Fees

What Therapy Looks Like and How It Works

How It Works

I work relationally and integratively, drawing on person-centred therapy, psychodynamic approaches, CBT, and ACT depending on what's most useful for you. My approach is trauma-informed and grounded in real understanding of what people go through when life shifts.

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Therapy isn't about being fixed. It's about making sense of complexity. Not rushing to resolution. Not pathologising what you're feeling. Creating space to understand what's actually happening—and what you actually need—without pressure to arrive at a neat answer quickly.

I work at your pace. Some people need a few focused sessions to untangle something specific. Others need longer to sit with something that's been building for years. Both are fine.

  • Becoming a parent and feeling like you've lost yourself

  • Chronic illness—yours or someone close to you—reshaping your sense of who you are

  • Grief and loss, including the kind that doesn't have a neat name

  • Relationship endings or feeling stuck in something that no longer fits

  • Career changes or the realisation that the life you're living isn't really yours anymore

  • Caring for aging parents whilst raising children—the sandwich generation exhaustion

  • Anxiety, depression, or burnout connected to something bigger and harder to name

  • A feeling of not fitting—in your family, your work, your own life

  • Questioning your identity, self-worth, or sense of belonging

How Therapy Helps

I provide support for what you're experiencing now whilst exploring the life transition or identity question beneath it. The difficult feelings need attention, and so does understanding who you are in the midst of change.

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Therapy is a confidential space to slow things down, make sense of what's happening, and explore what you need. We work together at your pace, with care and curiosity, supporting emotional understanding, regulation, and a stronger sense of safety over time.

Sessions & Fees

Sessions: 50 minutes, weekly or fortnightly

 

Fees: £70 per session (students £45, sliding scale available)

 

Location: Online throughout UK and internationally (time zone flexible), or in-person in Eastbourne (limited availability, waiting list often applies)

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Languages: English (translation services available for other languages if needed through Call Guru a phone translation that works in real-time. No interpreters needed.

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How to Begin

1. Free Consultation Call

 

Book a free 15-minute call to discuss what you're experiencing and whether therapy might help.

2. Initial Session

 

If we decide to proceed, we'll arrange an initial session to explore your needs in more depth.

3. Ongoing Work

 

We'll work together at your pace—whether that's a few sessions or longer-term support. 

There's no contract or minimum number of sessions. You can stop whenever feels right, though we recommend planning endings in advance where possible.

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