About me
Hi, i'm Harriet. I’m a highly qualified integrative and relational-developmental therapist specialising in supporting adults with difficult or dysfunctional family relationships, early attachment wounds and childhood relational trauma.
Perhaps you grew up with a parent who was critical, emotionally unavailable, unpredictable, immature, controlling, or struggling with addiction or their own mental health.
I imagine you have spent years trying to make sense of what's happened, questioning your own experience or wondering whether you were the problem. Perhaps you hoped that if you tried harder, explained yourself better, achieved more, needed less, set boundaries or were finally “good enough”, things would change and you would finally get the relationship with your parents that you needed. Maybe you are here because no matter what you try, the same old patterns keep repeating themselves and you're not sure what to do instead.
I work with people who:
- Grew up with an alcoholic, narcissistic, emotionally immature, critical, absent or inconsistent parent
- Are the family scapegoat or favourite child
- Struggle to identify their needs and communicate them
- Experience guilt when setting boundaries, are fearful of other's reactions or feel obligated to remain in contact despite the impact on them
- Feel "too much" or "not enough" in relationships
- Experience insecurity, anxiety or fear of rejection in romantic relationships
- Find it difficult to trust others, feel safe in relationships or be emotionally vulnerable
- Want to understand and heal avoidant or anxious attachment patterns
- Are high achieving yet have a strong inner critic, struggle with perfectionism, anxiety, people pleasing, overworking or burnout
- Want to break generational patterns for their own children
- Feel a sense of dread or obligation around seeing family and know that something needs to change
- Want to heal their inner child and grieve for the parent they needed but didn’t have
- Are navigating family estrangement, considering low contact or no contact, or wanting to set new boundaries with relatives
I have a particular interest and lived experience of narcissistic family dynamics and estrangement.
As a relational therapist, I also believe that in developing a safe, consistent and secure relationship with me, this will support you to practice different ways of relating which in time, you can then take outside of the therapy room to experience healthier and more fulfilling relationships with others.
If it sounds like you would like to work with me, or would like to find out a bit more; I welcome you to email me to arrange a FREE 20 minute zoom call. This is an opportunity for us to answer any questions you might have and get a sense of whether I am the right therapist for you. There is absolutely no obligation to continue if it does not feel that we are a good fit.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 7 PGDip Counselling & Psychotherapy - University of Leeds
- BSc Psychology - Nottingham Trent University
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills
I am committed to regularly updating my skills and knowledge. I engage in continuing professional development through reading, research and additional training. I am also passionate about engaging in my own personal 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
£70.00 per session
Additional information
Payments are to be made by bank transfer prior to the day of session. Block booking a month at a time is also possible if preferred.
Full session fee £95. Limited spaces available on sliding scale £70+ based on affordability
When I work
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Current availability for new or returning clients:
Tues at 9am, 11am or 12pm
Weds at 11am or 4pm
Email me at hello@harrietgleeson.co.uk to arrange a free 20 min zoom call and see if we are a good fit for what you need.
Further information
I work at depth and therefore my preference is to meet weekly over a longer period of time as this is best for healing the root causes of your present relational or attachment difficulties and creates a safe and secure therapeutic relationship for healing to happen. For some people this may mean attending therapy for many years. To provide consistency and predictability, we will agree on a mutually convenient time slot to meet at the same time/day each week.
Group therapy
I facilitate an online group therapy session on the first Tuesday of each month at 6-7.30pm via Zoom. This is at a cost of £55 a month and is limited to no more than 8 members. Members must commit to attend for a minimum of 6 months and must be in their own individual therapy alongside this. Please email me to arrange a free 20 minute zoom call to find out more about joining. The next cohort will start in January 2027.
Get in touch
You may have been used to managing by yourself without asking for help or feel disloyal to family for considering therapy, but i really encourage you to make contact with me. You can love them and still need some support and space to talk about things. Please drop me an email at hello@harrietgleeson.co.uk with your concerns. I aim to reply within 24 hours, so keep an eye on your junk mail.
