About me
Welcome – and thank you for visiting my profile
Taking the first step towards getting support can feel like a big decision. As both a therapist and someone who has greatly benefited from therapy myself, I understand that reaching out takes courage.
It’s this personal experience, combined with my professional training as a UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist, that shapes how I work with clients today.
I offer a gentle, safe, and confidential space where you can explore whatever’s on your mind - whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, navigating relationship challenges, processing grief, or simply sensing that something doesn’t feel quite right in your life.
My approach
Some of the most powerful moments in psychotherapy come from feeling truly heard and accepted for who you are. My approach is warm and collaborative, offering room for you to speak freely without fear of judgement.
Many people come to see me after having tried more structured or solution-focused therapies, such as CBT, and finding themselves wanting something that goes deeper - something that gets to the root of their difficulties. Rather than offering tools or coping strategies to manage thoughts and feelings, my focus is on helping you explore and work through the emotional and relational patterns that lie beneath your struggles.
In this kind of psychotherapy, the difficulties you bring are not viewed simply as problems to be eliminated, but as expressions of something meaningful within you - signposts that, when explored with curiosity and care, can lead to understanding and lasting change. This is reflective and exploratory work, developing over time through regular weekly or fortnightly sessions. It can be a gradual process, but one that is often deeply transformative.
What I can help with
My way of working is suited to those who are trying to navigate a time of crisis or who want to look more deeply at issues that have affected them over time.
In my practice, I often see people who decide to talk to someone because something that matters deeply - a relationship, work, sex, their body, or their sense of identity - has become unmanageable or difficult to understand. I also work with people who experience anxiety, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, compulsive thoughts or behaviours, or who are living with loss, feeling lost, or moving through a difficult life transition.
Whatever brings you here, you will be met with care and respect. Together, we’ll work at your pace to explore your experiences, bringing curiosity to what lies beneath familiar patterns of feeling and relating, and helping you find greater clarity and new ways of understanding yourself and your life. Through this process, you can develop a stronger sense of self and a deeper capacity to meet life’s challenges with more openness, confidence, and self-awareness - creating the possibility for change.
How to get started
I offer in-person sessions in Conwy, North Wales and online therapy throughout the UK, so you can access support in a way that works best for you. Choosing the right therapist is about finding someone with whom you feel a genuine connection and a sense of trust in the process.
In our first session, you’ll have the space to talk about the things that matter most to you. Together, we can explore how therapy might help, whether it feels like the right fit, and how we could work together.
If you’d like to take the next step, please text, email, or visit www.angharadthomas.co.uk to find out more or to book an appointment.
Training, qualifications & experience
Formal Qualifications
- MSc Integrative Psychotherapy (Distinction)
- GCert Integrative Counselling (Distinction)
- CPCAB Certificate Counselling Skills for Working With Children
My Training
My training was conducted through a UKCP-accredited, master's-level program spanning six years. This was an in-depth and comprehensive course that required ongoing weekly personal therapy, as well as extensive clinical practise and supervision far exceeding the requirements of many other professional bodies. This underscores my commitment to high standards of practice, ethical and quality care, and providing you with the best possible support.
Continuing Professional Development
I dedicate a minimum of 50 hours each year to CPD to keep my professional skills up to date and have completed many hundreds of hours of specialist courses in areas such as:
- Suicide
- Self-harm
- Eating disorders
- Sexual abuse
- Trauma
- Bereavement
- Mindfulness
- Working online
Background
I haven’t always been a psychotherapist. My journey began in the biological sciences, followed by a career in accountancy. Although I am now in full time private practice, I have previously worked as a psychotherapist in a community counselling service seeing clients for the NHS, and as a child and adolescent psychotherapist within schools and youth services. I have also held a supervisory role with a national mental health crisis helpline, provided bereavement support, and worked in social inclusion.
Professional Memberships
I am a Registered and Accredited Psychotherapist with the UKCP and UPCA.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Universities Psychotherapy & Counselling Association
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Whilst the list above provides examples of areas in which I can help, I do not believe that the feelings and challenges we face fit neatly into discrete categories. Instead, I recognise each person’s experience as unique, with different aspects of our lives deeply interconnected, often in unexpected ways. Therapy is not just about addressing isolated issues, but about understanding you as a whole person.
I am trained to work with a wide range of issues, so please feel free to contact me even if your concern isn’t listed above.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Additional information
Concessionary places may be available depending on your circumstances - please ask.
When I work
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I work from a peaceful and discreet office in Betws yn Rhos, Conwy—just a 10-minute drive from Colwyn Bay and Abergele. Online sessions are also available to individuals across the UK.
Further information
To learn more about therapy and how I work please visit my website www.angharadthomas.co.uk
