A space to be heard
Counselling & Psychotherapy
A confidential, supportive relationship where you can explore what you're carrying — at a pace that feels manageable and containing.
What it is
A relationship built around you.
At its core, therapy builds on the relationship between client and therapist — a space where you can open up, share parts of yourself, and feel unconditionally accepted by another person.
The terms counsellor and psychotherapist are largely interchangeable. What matters is the training, consistency and trust at the heart of the work: weekly sessions, no existing relationship outside the room, and a concentrated focus on you.
An integrative approach
Drawing on what fits you.
Rather than one fixed method, an integrative approach brings together skills from a number of psychotherapy modalities. We work short or long term to uncover persistent issues, integrate your experiences, and help you feel truly valued and accepted.
Cognitive Behavioural
Practical, present-focused work with thoughts and behaviours — useful for anxiety, depression and breaking unhelpful patterns.
Psychodynamic
Exploring how past relationships and the unconscious shape your present experience, making space for deeper understanding.
Person-centred
A relationship-led approach rooted in empathy and acceptance, helping you reconnect with your own direction and worth.
Narrative
Exploring the stories you tell about your life and reshaping them, so problems become separate from your identity rather than who you are.
Existential
Engaging with life's big questions of meaning, freedom, choice and responsibility, helping you live more authentically and with purpose.
What it can help with
Therapy can support a wide range of experiences.
Anxiety, depression & OCD
Trauma & abuse recovery
Bereavement & loss
Relationship problems
Chronic pain & long-term illness
Addiction
Phobias
Anger management
Self-harm & intrusive thoughts
Neurodivergence
Disordered eating
Stress & burnout
How it works
Finding the right person to walk with you.
Therapy works by building a trusting relationship with a practitioner trained to listen and support you — helping you develop tools and strategies to manage feelings, emotions and relationships more effectively.
If you've tried therapy before and it wasn't useful, it may be that the approach wasn't quite right at the time, the work was too short or too long, or the relationship wasn't fully developed. It can take some trial and error to find a therapist you connect with — that's not a problem with you, or with therapy, just the search for the right companion for the journey.
“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.” — Carl Rogers
Sessions & fees
£60
50 minutes · sliding scale
£45
Student rate · with enrolment evidence
Sessions are available by phone, online, or in person from Stevenage, Hertfordshire — for adults and young people aged 16 and over. Mon–Fri with evening appointments up to 8.30pm.
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