Working With Me
Taking the first step towards therapy takes courage. Whether you have been thinking about it for a while or something has just brought you to this point, reaching out is the hardest part. It gets easier from here.
Your First Session
The first time we meet, there's no agenda and no pressure. We'll talk about what's brought you to therapy, and I'll ask a few questions to get a sense of you and what you're carrying. It's also your chance to ask me anything you like.
Most people have a sense quite quickly whether a therapist feels right for them. Trust that instinct. If it feels like a good fit, we can talk about next steps. If not, that's fine too. I'd always rather you find the right person than settle for the wrong one.
My Approach to Therapy
I'm a pluralistic therapist, which simply means I don't follow a single fixed method. Different people need different things, and what helps one person at one point in their life might not help the same person six months later.
In practice, that means I listen carefully to what you bring, consider what might be most useful, and adapt as we go. I will not arrive at our first session with a fixed plan. The work shapes itself around you, not the other way around.
What stays constant is the relationship. Honesty, trust, and a genuine sense of safety. Without that foundation, nothing else really works. Building it is always the first thing we do.
A space that works for you
I see clients in person in Norwich on Wednesdays and Thursdays and in Cromer on Fridays. Online sessions are available throughout the week for anyone in the UK. And if a room doesn't appeal, I offer walk and talk therapy outdoors near Mundesley on the North Norfolk coast.
All sessions are 60 minutes. Weekly sessions tend to work best, though we can talk about what suits you. Online works just as well as in person for many people. And sometimes, honestly, the coast works better than either.
You don't have to know exactly what's wrong
Many of the people I work with arrive without a neat diagnosis or a clear story. They just know something isn't right. That's enough to start.
I work with anxiety in all its forms, from the low hum of daily worry to full-blown panic. Depression and low mood. The particular exhaustion of burnout after years of holding everything together. Grief, which rarely looks the way we expect it to. Life transitions that nobody quite prepares you for, divorce, retirement, a health diagnosis, the loss of an identity you'd built your life around.
I also work with trauma, both recent and long-held. With relationship difficulties. With low self-worth and the quiet, persistent critic that lives inside some of us. With questions of identity and purpose. With habits and patterns that once helped but no longer do.
And I have a particular understanding of the pressures that come with working life. Corporate stress, burnout, uncertainty, the sense of having given everything to a career and wondering what's left. I've been in that world. I understand it from the inside.
If what you're dealing with isn't on that list, please still reach out. This isn't an exhaustive inventory. It's just a sketch.
How Ongoing Therapy Works
Once we decide to work together, we meet at the same time each week. In the early sessions, we'll get clearer on what you're hoping for, though if you're not sure yet, that's fine. We'll figure it out together.
There's no fixed length. Some people work with me for a few months. Others longer. We'll review how things are going as we go, and you're always free to end therapy when it feels right. My only ask is that we plan the ending together rather than just stopping. A good ending matters. It gives us a chance to look at what's shifted, what you're taking with you, and what you've discovered about yourself that you might not have known before.
Walk and Talk Therapy
Just you, me and the sea
Walk and talk therapy is exactly what it sounds like. We walk together, side by side, along the Norfolk coast or through quiet countryside near Mundesley, and we talk. There's no room, no clinical setting, no face-to-face intensity. Just the two of us, the path, and whatever you want to bring.
Movement helps ease the physical grip of anxiety. Nature has a quietly stabilising effect that's hard to explain but easy to feel. And there's something about walking alongside someone, rather than sitting opposite them, that makes honesty come a little more naturally.
Routes are always discussed in advance and tailored to you. The pace is yours. Whether you're working through grief, stress, or simply need space to think, the Norfolk coast has a way of helping.
Not sure where to start?
Most people aren't. Get in touch and we'll have a conversation. No commitment, no pressure. Just a chance to see if it feels right.