About me
Hello, I'm Lizzie. If you're here, you might be someone who's spent a long time doing everything "right": achieving, coping, holding it together, while quietly feeling like you don't really know who you are underneath it all. Perhaps you're a lifelong over-thinker or people-pleaser, someone whose low self-esteem doesn't always show on the outside but shapes every decision on the inside. Maybe you've recently been diagnosed (or are wondering if you might be) ADHD or Autistic, and you're re-reading your whole life through that lens. This is exactly the work I love doing.
You may want to work with me if...
- You recognise yourself as a people-pleaser or perfectionist, and you're exhausted by it but not sure who you'd be without it
- You over-think everything: decisions, conversations, things you said three days ago, and can't switch it off
- Underneath a capable, together exterior, you struggle with low self-esteem or a persistent feeling of not being good enough
- You've recently been diagnosed (or think you might be) ADHD, Autistic, or otherwise neurodivergent, and you're trying to make sense of your life through that new lens
- You find it hard to trust your own judgement, set boundaries, or say no without guilt
- You want a therapist who won't pathologise your neurodivergence, sexuality, or gender identity, and who sees these as part of who you are rather than something to "fix"
What might bring you here
Perhaps self-doubt is creating uncertainty about your abilities, your decisions, or your sense of worth. That persistent feeling of "not good enough" is always there, no matter what you achieve. Perhaps over-thinking keeps you stuck, replaying conversations or decisions long after they're done. Perhaps you're realising that a lot of what you thought was "just your personality": the people-pleasing, the perfectionism, the low self-esteem, was actually a script you built to cope, please, or fit in. It can show up as comparing yourself to others, needing constant reassurance, struggling to set boundaries, or feeling stuck in patterns you can't quite break free of. It's exhausting… and it's more common than it feels when you're in it.
How I can help
- Quietening over-thinking and the inner critic, replacing it with something more compassionate
- Working through low self-esteem and self-doubt to build a steadier sense of your own worth
- Untangling people-pleasing and perfectionism, so you can find out who you are without them
- Making sense of a late diagnosis (or self-identification) of neurodivergence, and what it means for how you understand your past and present
- Building self-trust and boundaries
My approach
I work in a relaxed, informal, relational way. Sessions are person-centred, shaped by what matters most to you, and I draw on a range of approaches depending on what's useful for you. Often, the most powerful thing I offer is simply space to be properly heard. For many clients, that's where the real shift begins.
I'm also interested in the connection between mind, body, and emotions, and I'm currently completing my 200-hour yoga teacher training to deepen this side of my practice.
I specialise in working with people-pleasing, over-thinking, and low self-esteem, and I have specialist training in working therapeutically with neurodivergence. I'm neurodiversity-affirming and LGBTQ+-affirming, with particular experience supporting people navigating a late diagnosis or realisation, and the identity questions that often come with it.
If this sounds like what you're looking for, I'd love to hear from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained in Humanistic, Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy after years working in academia supporting students with additional needs and mental health difficulties. This experience showed me how much people can grow when they're properly seen and supported. Since then, I've worked across a range of settings, including Bristol Mind, school-based student counselling, bereavement support at a hospice, and a community charity offering affordable therapy.
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.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 - £60.00
Additional information
£55 for online
£60 for in person
Free initial telephone or online consultation where we can get to know each other and see if we will work well together. I will answer any questions you may have, and we can talk more about what your hopes and goals are in seeking counselling.
When I work
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