About me
I’m Hannah, a BACP-registered psychotherapist offering therapy from my private practice in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and online across the UK. Alongside my clinical work, I’m also a writer and commentator on psychotherapy and relationships, with bylines and interviews in publications including The i paper, Psychologies, VICE, Women’s Health, Glamour, Diva and Dazed.
People come to see me for many different reasons and I often work with people who have a history of having their feelings ignored or dismissed.
I also have particular experience working with survivors of sexual violence, queer and LGBTQIA+ people, those wanting to process difficult childhoods and intergenerational trauma, as well as anyone in the middle of a life transition, burnout or struggling with recurring unhelpful patterns in their relationships and lives, low self esteem or shame.
Some people aren’t quite sure what’s drawing them to therapy. We can figure it out together.
Training, qualifications & experience
My five-year postgraduate training in integrative psychotherapy was at master’s level 7. Grounded in psychoanalytic and relational theory, attachment research, and humanistic principles, it also incorporated the latest developments in neuroscience, somatic psychology, and trauma-focused work, including around sexual violence.
I have worked for the NHS as a psychotherapist for King’s College Hospital’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), with dancers and musicians at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, and with a diverse client group at a highly regarded community therapy service in Queen’s Park, London.
Therapy with me is active and collaborative. I will allow plenty of space for you to talk and be understood, however I also tend to ask questions, notice patterns and, like a detective of sorts, pay attention to the small details that might help us understand and make meaning out of what you’re experiencing.
Instead of offering advice, I’ll encourage your curiosity about your inner world, recurring patterns, past experiences, current relationships, feelings and fantasy life.
I’m also a relational therapist, which can involve working to understand how your early relationships may have had an impact on you. It can also mean an exploration of the relationship between the two of us can be part of our work. Together we might pay attention to what happens between us in the therapy room and how it can help us understand you and your other relationships better.
Therapy with me is neuroaffirming and inclusive and affirming of LGBTQIA+ clients, and I fully endorse the BACP Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy, which unequivocally opposes the practice in all its forms. I take a 'psychosocial' approach to my work, which means that I won’t focus only on your 'internal' world but will be open to exploring societally inflicted trauma, if this feels relevant.
If you are unsure about whether therapy with me would be right for you, please feel free to get in touch and we can have an initial session or a quick free call to see if we would be a good fit. I'd love to hear from you.
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
£80.00 per session
