Difficult or traumatic experiences can continue to affect how you feel, think, relate to others and experience safety, long after the event itself. I have a particular interest in trauma-focused work and offer a paced, collaborative approach to understanding and working with these experiences.
An ongoing sense of threat — feeling on edge or unsafe even when nothing is currently wrong
Difficult memories — intrusive images, flashbacks or memories that resurface unexpectedly
Avoidance — of reminders, places, people or conversations connected to what happened
Changes in beliefs — about yourself, other people, or how safe the world feels
Emotional responses — including numbness, irritability, guilt or shame that feel hard to place
Trauma-focused CBT can help you make sense of these reactions — understanding why they happen and how they're connected to what you went through — and work gradually through the patterns of avoidance and belief that continue to affect you.
This work is paced collaboratively — we go at a speed that feels manageable for you, building a sense of safety and stability before working directly with difficult material, and checking in with you throughout.
Sessions are online, one to one, wherever you are in the UK. We start with a free 15-minute consultation to talk about what's going on and see whether working together feels right. From there, we build a shared understanding of what happened and how it continues to affect you, before moving into paced, collaborative work — reviewing progress together throughout.
Fifteen minutes, free, no obligation. Ask me anything you'd like to know before committing to a session.
This page is for general information and isn't a substitute for individual clinical assessment. If you're experiencing thoughts of harming yourself or others, please contact your GP, NHS 111, or the Samaritans on 116 123.