couples, relationship, anxiety, grief & loss, estrangement

Anxiety can show up as overthinking, worrying about what others think, difficulty making decisions, people-pleasing or never quite feeling settled.

Rather than simply trying to get rid of anxiety, counselling can help you understand what may be sitting underneath it and what it might be telling you.

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Understanding yourself and creating lasting change

Many people come to therapy feeling anxious, overwhelmed or stuck in patterns they cannot explain. Together, we will slow things down and make sense of what is happening beneath the surface, helping you better understand yourself, your relationships and the choices available to you.

I work with relationship difficulties, childhood emotional neglect, anxiety, low self-worth, grief and life transitions, always working at a pace that feels right for you.

Compassionate support through loss and change

Drawing on my experience supporting people within a hospice, I offer a calm and thoughtful space to explore grief at your own pace. Every loss is different, and therapy provides an opportunity to make sense of your experience while finding a way forward.

Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, together we work towards greater understanding, adjustment and hope.

Counselling for parents and adult children experiencing conflict, distance or difficulties in their relationship

Relationships between parents and adult children can become painful and complicated. You may find yourselves caught in the same arguments, struggling with boundaries, carrying old hurts, or feeling increasingly distant from one another.

I work with parents and their adult children together, providing a space where both of you can begin to understand what has happened between you and what each of you experiences within the relationship.

Rather than deciding who is right or wrong, we can explore the patterns that have developed between you, what each of you needs and finds difficult, and whether there are different ways of communicating and relating to one another.

Sometimes the hope is to feel closer. Sometimes it is to understand one another better, establish healthier boundaries or find a way of having a relationship that feels more manageable for both of you.

The aim is not to force closeness or agreement, but to help you have conversations that may have become very difficult to have on your own.

Areas I work with

My counselling room is based in Thame, and I regularly see clients from Aylesbury, Haddenham, Long Crendon, Chinnor, Princes Risborough, Wheatley, Bicester, Oxford and across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Online appointments are also available throughout the United Kingdom.