Counselling & Psychotherapy
Therapy can't change the people who raised you.
But it can change how much power they still have over your life.
Your healing journey as unique as you are.
I work in a relational, integrative way, drawing on person-centred and relational therapies alongside my background in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.
I am particularly interested in how early experiences shape the brain and nervous system, and I often weave psychoeducation into our work so you can understand not just what you feel, but why.
For years, I have worked with individuals who grew up with emotionally immature parents and family members. What strikes me every time is how alone each person feels; entirely unaware of how many others share their experience, and how precisely the patterns repeat. The confusion, the self-doubt, the creeping sense that you were somehow the problem. You were not.
Therapy offers a space where that finally gets named, understood, and untangled.
The Therapeutic Relationship
The most important part of any therapy is the relationship between client and therapist.
I don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. I work at your pace, with your goals, and with close attention to what you actually need in the room.
Particularly when the wounds you carry came from relationships, the experience of being genuinely heard and not judged can itself be part of the healing.
“Amy was incredible at unravelling what I was going through and talking through everything to help me make sense of everything.”
- Confidential Client
What Happens Next?
Therapy isn't about revisiting the past for the sake of it. It’s also not about blaming your parents and wallowing in the past.
It's about understanding what you had to learn early on to survive, and gently examining which of those patterns are still running the show.
We move at a pace that feels manageable, with space for reflection, emotion, and real insight.
FAQs
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This is totally indivdual. Some clients are happy after only a few sessions, while others want to continue working together for a lot longer. I work in an open-ended way, which means that you can decide how long you want to work together.
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I know that the process of even finding a therapist can be totally overwhelming, and you’ve probably spent countless hours scrolling through Google and various directories before getting to this point.
The process of starting therapy with me is pretty straightforward.
Simply click the button to contact me.
We'll then set up a time to chat on the phone.
During our call, we'll discuss what you hope to achieve through therapy, and you can ask any questions you have about me, my approach, or therapy in general.
If you decide to move forward, we'll schedule our first session, and we'll take it from there!
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The first therapy session is the same length as your future sessions, however, it will feel slightly different. It is an assesment session, during whIch am trying to get to know you as much as possible. Therefore, I will probably ask more questions than in future sessions, and we will probably jump from one topic to another more so than in future sessions.
We are aiming for breadth rather than depth in a first sesson.
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If you are unable to commit to the same appoinmet time for each sesion, we will still be able to wok together, but it would be better to work together online.
While therapy works a lot better with the stabiity of the same appointment time each session, I understand that this doesn’t work for everyone (either due to working shifts, childcare, an so on), and so I will do my best to accommodate.
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If you’re unable to make a scheduled appointment, and let me know with at least 24 hours’ notice, you won’t be charged for the session. However, if you cancel within 24 hours of the appointment start time, the full session fee will be payable.
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If you want to end therapy, you can let me know in a session that this or a future session will be your last.
If this doesn’t feel possible, you can let me know via email.
It is always beneficial to have a final session of therapy to wrap up the work that has been done.
What is sometimes helpful is to arrange a follow-up session a month later. If you decide, closer to the time, that you don’t want this session, that’s okay. If you want to restart regular sessions, that can be arranged. If you’d like this session to be a one-off check-in, that is perfectly fine.