People come to therapy for all sorts of reasons

PTSD and trauma-related difficulties

I work with people experiencing PTSD and the effects of overwhelming or distressing experiences. This may include intrusive memories, nightmares, feeling constantly on edge, avoiding reminders of what happened, or finding that your sense of safety has changed.

PTSD can develop after many different kinds of experience. In my work, I have supported people affected by military experiences, serious accidents, abuse, childbirth trauma and sexual violence.

Insomnia and sleep difficulties

Sleep problems can affect every part of life. You may struggle to fall asleep, wake repeatedly during the night, wake too early, or find that your mind becomes more active the moment you try to rest.

Insomnia can exist on its own, but it can also sit alongside anxiety, low mood, stress or past experiences. Therapy can help make sense of the patterns that may be keeping the problem going and begin to change them.

Social anxiety

Social anxiety can involve more than shyness. It may mean feeling intensely self-conscious, fearing judgement, avoiding certain situations, replaying conversations afterwards, or finding that everyday interactions take far more out of you than they seem to for other people.

Depression

Depression can affect mood, energy, motivation, concentration and your sense of connection to other people. At times it can feel heavy, flat or difficult to explain. For some people it shows up as sadness. For others it is more a sense of numbness, irritability, exhaustion or feeling unlike themselves.