About me
Hello
I'm Heather, a BACP Accredited therapist living and working online from France. I'm glad you found your way to my profile. Have a look around, and if you have any questions, please do reach out and book a free initial chat or send me a message.
What might be going on for you
Sometimes we can drift away from ourselves so gradually we don't even really notice it happening. We can work so hard to build a life that we thought we were supposed to want, only to find out it just doesn't feel like we thought it would. This can leave us feeling almost trapped in our own lives.
We can end up tying ourselves in knots, telling ourselves we should be happy with what we have. But secretly we're envying other people's adventures and achievements, then feeling really guilty for it.
Sometimes it's an accumulation of seemingly small compromises and hurts, a denial of your own needs and experiences, or just the steady inching towards someone else's idea of a good life. Other times it might be something bigger, like a loss or significant change, that makes you realise that the life you're living doesn't fully make sense to you any more.
How this might be showing up
We can respond in a whole host of ways. At times you might be feeling numb and at other times super sensitive to all the sharp edges of life. You might find yourself scrolling at 1am, fighting sleep because you want to put tomorrow off just a little longer. Other times you might feel tearful and anxious, or get irritated at things (or people) that never used to bother you.
However you're responding, you know something needs to change; and even though you've followed all the reels, read the books and had some great chats with your favourite AI, things just haven't shifted.
Having someone you can take your time with to explore things at your own pace and make sense of how it feels to live your specific life can make a real difference.
How we could work together
I offer online therapy from my home office in France. Together, we can begin to untangle what’s not working for you any more, understand how you got here and reconnect with what matters to you. We can figure out what actually feels right for you, and learn to let go of what doesn't.
When you start therapy it can be really difficult to know where to start. I won't rush you, or tell you what to do. If I share my opinion or make a suggestion, it is just that, a suggestion.
In our sessions you can pick week by week what you want to talk about, or we can make a plan together and follow that structure. I will give you space to think things through, but won't leave you sitting in silence for half an hour.
If you'd prefer, we can use creative arts to explore how you're feeling. You don't need to be 'good' at art to work together this way (I'm not either). Sometimes this can take the pressure off needing to talk (and be lots of fun). If you'd prefer to just talk things out though, that's great too.
Get in touch
Searching for a therapist can feel like a bit of a maze at times. If you just need to talk to a real person, please feel free to book an initial chat so you can ask your questions and see how you feel. There is never any obligation to book in with me. I want you to find the best therapist for you, and if that's not me, I can point you in a good direction.
Training, qualifications & experience
A little about me:
I've also been at that point of achieving the things I thought I was supposed to, then feeling like I was living someone else's idea of a good life. But not mine. I had to figure out step by step what would actually fit me. More recently I moved from the UK to France. Even with a very much wanted and exciting change, it can bring challenges which take time to navigate, as well as all the benefits that lead to the change in the first place. I have lived with a chronic health condition since I was young and know that life can be complicated and harder than we ever wanted it to be.
Over the years, I have worked with people through many of life's complexities, helping them to make sense of what they're going through, reconnect with themselves, and figure out what they need now.
My training and experience:
I am a BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy) Accredited therapist with over a decade of experience. I trained as a person-centred counsellor and was awarded an MSc in Counselling Psychology by Keele University.
- MBACP (Accredited),
- MSc in Counselling Psychology,
- Diploma in Integrative Supervision,
- Certificate in Relationship Counselling,
- Certificate in Coaching Skills,
- Certificate in Creative Counselling,
- Certificate in Counselling Skills,
- BSc Disaster Management.
It is important to me to keep learning and to grow my understanding of the different ways we can experience life, particularly when those experiences might be different to my own.
How I work
My approach is rooted in the person-centred approach. This means that I trust you to know yourself best, and we'll work at your pace. I also draw on coaching skills, creativity and positive psychology when they might be useful to you.
For me, therapy can help you to understand why your internal alarms are going off, what they might be responding to and what might need to shift or change. Over time, this can make it easer to hear those internal signals and decide what you might want to do with them.
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
There are a lot of reasons why someone might be looking for a therapist. Sometimes something specific has happened, or life has changed in a big way weather you were expecting it to or not. Other times, it's hard to put your finger on, but you know that something isn't quite right.
You might be wondering if things are even 'bad enough' for therapy, or if this is a waste of time. You don't need to be in a crisis to get some support. Sometimes things are just harder than you ever expected, and it's OK to give yourself time and support to figure things out.
People often reach out when they're:
- Feeling stuck, lost or unsure of what's next,
- Overthinking everything or struggling to trust themselves,
- Exhausted, overwhelmed or just a bit worn down by everything,
- Facing a change or decision that feels difficult to navigate,
- Finding that even after moving or making a big change in their life, things still don't feel quite how they thought they would,
- Struggling with changes or difficulties in their relationships,
- Trying to make sense of being hurt by someone they trusted,
- Adjusting to life with illness or changes in their health,
- Grieving the loss of someone or something important to them,
- Trying to make sense of difficult or painful experiences from their past.
You don't have to have anything figured out just yet, or even know where you want to end up. We can start with where you are and figure out the rest together.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£86.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions and Fees
I offer 60-minute and 90 minute online counselling sessions, usually weekly or fortnightly. We can talk about what frequency might work best for you when we first meet, and there is no requirement to commit to a set number of sessions.
60-minute session: €100 (approximately £86)
90-minute session: €150 (approximately £129)
I live in France and work with English speaking clients online in the UK and Europe. My fees are charged in euros, but I've included the approximate cost in pounds above to make things a little easier if you're based in the UK.
Payment can be made via bank transfer or via a Stripe link in £ or in €.
When I work
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Further information
Your privacy is genuinely important to me, so I use Proton Meet for our sessions. If you have any questions, please do get in contact. I'm very happy to talk through what you can expect from a session.
For those of you who love a bit of superfluous detail (P.S. I'm definitely one of you). I love to bake; I think afternoon naps are a thing of beauty; and I have a love/hate relationship with cold water swimming (or dips, really).
