About me
I offer brief and long-term psychodynamic counselling and psychotherapy. This approach connects what's happened in your past with what's happening in your life now, to help you make sense of things. If you're looking for meaningful change, rather than a quick fix, a psychodynamic approach to therapy can be very powerful.
Free initial assessment session
To make sure we are a good fit before starting therapy, I offer a free first session. This is a full 50-minute session for us to meet, so that I can get a sense of what's going on for you now as well as gather some background information to better understand you. In turn, you can ask questions and experience working with me to make a more informed decision about whether I, and how I work, are right for you. Get in touch to make an appointment: abrassier@gmail.com
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Why have therapy?
Maybe something doesn't feel right. Perhaps you wonder why you think and behave in certain ways, or repeat patterns that you know aren't good for you; maybe you'd like to understand the relationships in your life. Whatever the reason, therapy can help you process events, face challenges, find acceptance, or instigate change. It's a weekly moment to explore what's going on for you in a confidential and tranquil space.
- Connect events from the past to the present
- Look at things from different perspectives, and
- Address the parts of your life where you feel stuck
I have particular experience with:
- Grief and loss
- Identity: including gender and sexuality, neurodiversity, values and beliefs, culture, ability and disability
- Relationships: including relationship to self, family, non-monogamy, polyamory and kink
- Anxiety, stress, depression and depressive episodes
- The decision to have — or not have — a family including infertility, assisted fertility, adoption and surrogacy
- Processing or considering an autism / ADHD diagnosis
- Trauma and adverse early life experiences
I welcome enquiries for these, or any other challenge you might be facing.
How I work:
I practice psychodynamic therapy, which is conversational and exploratory, rather than directive as I think change (or acceptance, we can't always change things) comes from insight rather than advice or tools and techniques.
My approach to therapy is collaborative — I have theory and clinical experience, and you have the lived experience of being you. In sessions, we take time to talk about what’s going on for you; we explore patterns that might have developed over time, try to understand what’s happening below the surface for you, and wonder how your past experiences may be playing out in the present.
Initial sessions are part information gathering and part us getting to know one another. As sessions progress and the process gets a little harder, I encourage you to bring everything you’re thinking and feeling into the room — frustration, doubt, irritation, including the days you do not want to come into therapy. Those feelings can be really useful to help us understand what’s happening for you.
The aim of this therapy is for you to gain insight and understanding that leads to meaningful and lasting change. It’s not the right therapeutic approach for everyone, but if you want depth rather than a quick fix or short-term coping, psychodynamic therapy is very powerful.
Training, qualifications & experience
- I recently completed my MSc in Human Relations and Counselling, including undertaking a research project exploring how psychodynamic psychotherapists experience fusion, an aspect of countertransference.
- Working towards BACP Accreditation
- Tutor to trainees: Human Development Scotland (since 2025)
- Counsellor: Edinburgh University, Student Counselling Services (2023-2025)
- Psychotherapist in private practice (since 2023)
- Counsellor: Bright Light / Relationships Scotland (2022-2024)
- PGDip Human Relations & Counselling (Human Development Scotland)
- COSCA Counselling Skills Certificate
- BSc Computer Science & Psychology (University of Stirling)
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Please get in touch for an initial conversation to discuss what's going on for you.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£45.00 - £70.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My standard fee is £70 per session. I also offer a limited number of concessions -- a block of six sessions for £45 per session -- for those with low or no income (students, non-working and refugees).
When I work
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Further information
Check the FAQs on my website to understand more about counselling and therapy: https://annebrassier.squarespace.com/faqs (copy and paste the URL into a new browser window).
I consider myself an LGBTQ+ ally.
