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I currently have availability. 

My working hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.  

Welcome to The Therapy Shed®

Individual support?

Sometimes it is becomes difficult to keep talking to friends or family.  You may worry about being a burden, feel misunderstood, or carry a sense of shame that keeps everything inside. 

You may be struggling with: 

• A harsh or relentless inner critic. 
• Low self-worth or lack of confidence. 
• Anxiety, rage, anger or persistent sadness. 
• Difficulties in relationships or expressing your needs. 
• The painful impact of bereavement, loss, or unresolved trauma.
• Feeling emotionally stuck or disconnected.  

Together, we explore the deeper roots of these experiences - not just the symptoms.  By understanding how past experiences continue to shape the present, meaningful and lasting change becomes possible.   

Therapy can help you to: 

• Build self-awareness and emotional resilience. 
• Regulate difficult emotions more effectively.
• Set and maintain healthy boundaries.
• Feel more authentic and connected to yourself. 
• Make clearer, more empowered life decisions.  
• Improve communication and relationships.  

Couple therapy or relationship support?

Relationships are essential to our well-being - but they can also become painful, distant or difficult to navigate.  

I offer specialist couples therapy for romantic partners, alongside relationship support for siblings, family members or any two people wanting to repair and strengthen their connection.  

Relationship support can help with:

• Communication breakdowns.  
• Recurring arguments of conflict.  
• Betrayal and rebuilding trust.  
• Emotional distance or loss of intimacy. 
• Feeling unheard, misunderstood or disconnected.  
• Learning how to communicate honestly without escalating conflict.  

My role is to create a safe, balanced environment where both people feel heard, respected and supported.  Together, we work towards healthier communication, deeper understanding and more secure, fulfilling relationships.  

Counselling is a form of talking therapy in which a trained therapist works alongside you to help you gain insight and discover your own ways forward. Rather than giving advice or telling you what to do, a counsellor supports you in exploring your thoughts, feelings and experiences, so that meaningful change can emerge from within.

This is your time to reflect on what may be keeping you stuck and to begin moving forward at your own pace. In the busyness of everyday life, we often have little opportunity to pause or process what we are carrying. We may be balancing demanding work, family responsibilities, or personal challenges, or we may simply find it too difficult to face certain issues alone. Counselling offers a dedicated, uninterrupted space where you can focus on yourself, supported by a trained professional. It is a valuable act of self-care.

If you are considering counselling, it is natural to feel anxious about opening up to someone you do not know yet. Taking this step can feel significant, particularly if you have not had counselling before. Alongside choosing a counsellor with appropriate qualifications, it is important that you feel comfortabl, safe and able to build a trusting relationship with them.  

My core training is to Foundation Degree Level and is considered integrative, which means I have studied a variety of counselling theories, psychology and science based modules.

The core areas I work with are attachment and relationship difficulties, trauma and bereavement.   I work with counselling students, parents individuals and couples.   Other courses include:  Internal Family Systems (Informed), bereavement training, Transactional Analysis, Post Graduate Course in Compassionate Inquiry Approach (Gabor Mate).  Trauma focused - underpinned by Carolyn Spring and New Havens Competencies,  Level 5 qualification in Attachment Based Psychotherapy, CORST Accredited Level 5 in Couples/Relationship Therapy.  

Our first session will be sligthly different than subseqent sessions.  I will take information which enables me to work ethically and safely with you and it is a time for you to ask any questions of me and for us to establish a way of working together.  

It is normal to feel anxious about beginning counselling, however, clients report that they quickly feel at ease with me and the way that I work, valuing the open dialogue, the compassion and knowledge.