About me
I'm an experienced relationship and anxiety counsellor, and I'm here to help you understand why you feel anxious.
Most people come to me because they feel exhausted from apologising to others, being a person that other people want them to be. I offer real engagement, reflection and human connection.
My specialist focus is on relationship dynamics and anxiety, especially manifesting in your relationships as a need for control, fear of rejection, criticism, defensiveness or a need to leave.
Together, we work on anxiety management, chronic burnout, perfectionism and relationship pressures, such as communication, trust and emotional safety.
While relationship dynamics and anxiety are the heart of my practice, if you connect with me and my approach, we can work on OCD, social anxiety, loneliness, work stress and life transitions. Connection is essential to achieve the therapeutic outcome.
How to start:
I offer a free 15-minute online consultation to hold space for your questions. Book your introductory video call or your initial session via my website.
My specialism areas:
- Relationship Anxiety, including high-functioning anxiety
I am here to sit right beside you in that heavy mess, quiet that loud inner self-doubt and help you step out of the need for control, sleepless nights and the fear of rejection so you can experience life that feels safer and calmer.
- Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACoA)
The early childhood habits might show up loud as relationship anxiety today, leaving you caught in a constant loop of needing reassurance or terrified that you're 'too much' or 'not enough', and that's exhausting.
We’ll work together to understand those old patterns. I help you find your own voice so you can feel secure in your connections. It’s okay to be yourself.
- Couples Therapy
My couples work isn't about looking for a quick fix. True relational change requires going beneath the surface and taking individual accountability.
Together, we step into the active, intentional work of understanding what is driving the distance between you. This is an investment in real growth and honest conversations that finally bring you home to each other.
Your life and your relationships are meant for more than anxiety and distance.
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If you are looking for a deeper way to explore, I offer creative methods, such as sand tray or drawing, to process emotions through symbolic expression.
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Before training as a therapist, I spent a decade in clinical healthcare, working with minor surgeries and sedation. This environment taught me how to stay steady, calm and grounded when people are feeling vulnerable, terrified and overwhelmed. Today, I bring my steadiness and deep empathy into my private practice. My motto is simple: find safety in love. If you want to get a feel for me and how I think, you can explore my reflections on relationships and feelings on my website blog page.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BACP Accreditation. This accreditation is awarded by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, recognising a high level of clinical competence and professional development.
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Postgraduate Certificate in Relationship Counselling
- Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy in Practice
- Co-dependency, OCD and Anxiety
- Mindfulness for Neurodivergent People and Autistic Burnout
- Advances in Holistic Mental Health
- Working with loss
- Sand Tray Therapy
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Death anxiety
Co-dependency
Dating
Existential crisis and Life Challenges
Over the last few years, I’ve had the privilege of sitting with over 1,000 clients in my therapy room. Every single hour has taught me something new about the incredible resilience of the human heart. That experience is the foundation of how I work: professionally grounded but more importantly with the warmth and human connection that makes true healing possible.
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £120.00
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individual 60-minute (1-hour) Session £70
60-minute (1-hour) Couples Session £120
I offer limited spaces for affordable counselling (18+). Please feel free to ask about current availability for reduced rates.
After you contacted me I will offer you next available session so you can start your therapeutic journey as soon as possible.
Appointments are usually available within the week.
I respond to all enquiries as quickly as possible - usually within a few hours - so you won't be left waiting to hear from me.
When I work
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Further information
At my private counselling practice 'Amber Healing', session flexibility can be discussed and availability can be tailored to your circumstances and needs, for instance sessions can be booked weekly, fortnightly, monthly or a single session.
This is counselling that fits your life, not just your calendar.