Psychological therapy
How I Can Help You
You may have achieved a great deal and still find it difficult to feel secure in yourself. Perhaps you constantly raise the bar, worry about making mistakes, compare yourself with others, or feel that your value depends on what you accomplish.
These patterns can show up as perfectionism, impostor feelings, overworking, procrastination, people-pleasing, or burnout. They can leave you feeling anxious, exhausted, disconnected from yourself, or unsure why success never seems to feel enough.
Therapy can offer a space to step back from these pressures and understand what keeps them going. Together, we can explore the beliefs and patterns that shape how you relate to yourself, your work and other people, and develop more flexible and compassionate ways of responding.
My Therapeutic Approach
I primarily draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Schema Therapy—two evidence-based approaches that help us understand and change unhelpful patterns that may have developed over time. Together, they allow us to combine practical tools for present-day challenges with a deeper exploration of the roots of your emotional difficulties.
Depending on your needs, I may also draw on:
Narrative and Systemic Approaches to understand your experiences within the wider context of your identity, relationships and life story.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) to cultivate awareness, presence and a different relationship with difficult thoughts and feelings.
Couples Therapy for Depression to address the relationship patterns connected with depression and emotional distress.
Behavioural Couples Therapy to support couples experiencing relationship difficulties.
CBT for Long-Term Physical Health Conditions to manage the emotional impact of ongoing health challenges.
Areas I Can Support You With
I have a particular interest in helping high-achieving professionals with:
- Low self-worth, low self-esteem, self-doubt, and confidence difficulties.
- Perfectionism, harsh self-criticism and impostor feelings.
- Overworking, difficulty resting and achievement-related burnout.
- Procrastination, avoidance and self-sabotaging patterns.
- People-pleasing, comparison and difficulty setting boundaries.
- Anxiety, worry and work-related stress.
I also work with:
- Depression and low mood.
- Anxiety difficulties, including OCD, PTSD, panic, social anxiety, health anxiety, generalised anxiety and specific phobias.
- Difficulties managing emotions such as anger, guilt, shame and fear.
- Relationship difficulties.
- Psychological difficulties associated with long-term physical health conditions.
- Body dysmorphic disorder.
- Grief and bereavement.
Let's connect
If you would like to understand whether psychological therapy may be helpful, we can begin with a free 15-minute consultation. This gives you an opportunity to tell me briefly what you are looking for, ask questions, and consider whether working together feels right.
