Counselling specialisms
There are many reasons you might come to counselling, and you do not need to fit neatly into a particular category. These are some of the areas I have experience working with and that we might explore together, depending on what feels important to you.
Women, Midlife & Neurodivergence
Midlife can bring changes in identity, relationships, confidence, hormones and the ways you have always coped. For some women, this is also when ADHD, autism or other forms of neurodivergence begin to make more sense, particularly if familiar coping strategies are becoming harder to maintain.
ADHD & Neurodivergence
ADHD and other forms of neurodivergence can affect emotions, relationships, routines, sensory experiences, time, motivation and the demands of everyday life. You may have a diagnosis, be waiting for an assessment, or simply be beginning to recognise patterns in yourself.
Substance Use, Addiction & Recovery
Substance use is rarely just about the substance itself. Alcohol or drugs may have become a way of coping, switching off, managing difficult emotions or getting through life. You may be worried about your own use, trying to make changes, returning to use after stopping, or simply unsure what you want yet.
Complex Life Experiences
Some experiences do not fit neatly into one category. You may be carrying the effects of difficult relationships, instability, trauma, loss, involvement with services, or simply years of surviving and adapting. Counselling can offer space to explore how those experiences may still be affecting you now.
Bereavement & Loss
Grief can follow the death of someone you love, but loss can take many forms. You may be grieving a relationship, health, identity, fertility, a role, a friendship, a future you had imagined, or simply a life that has changed in ways you did not expect.
There is no single way that grief is supposed to look.
Young People & Adolescents
Growing up can be complicated. Young people may be dealing with school or college pressures, friendships, family relationships, identity, neurodivergence, bereavement, confidence or emotions that are difficult to put into words.
Counselling can offer them a space that feels like their own, where they do not have to arrive with the right words or pretend that everything is fine.