About me
You don't need to have the right words ready or know exactly what feels difficult right now. Some sessions we'll dig into something specific like the anxiety that won't switch off, the exhaustion of masking, burnout that rest alone doesn't seem to touch, the guilt of taking time for yourself or a relationship that feels complicated. Other times we'll just talk and the useful stuff turns up anyway.
That's how sessions may feel with me. I'll b e honest with you, I'll laugh with you when things are funny and I won't pretend to have the answers. What I will do is stay curious alongside you until things start to make a little more sense, including the parts of yourself you're not too sure about or know how to explain yet.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, self-esteem, relationships, life transitions and neurodivergence, including ADHD, Autism and AuDHD - although plenty of what brings people to me doesn't fit neatly into any of these boxes and that's fine too! You don't need any diagnosis or label for us to work together.
You might also relate to...
- A life change or transition that's left everything feeling unsteady
- A voice telling you you're not good enough that just won't quieten down
- Days where the world feels too loud, too bright, too much
- Being so good at reading the room and adjusting yourself to fit in, that you've lost touch with what you actually want or need.
As an integrative therapist, I draw on a range of approaches rather than one fixed model. Some examples of what to expect from me...
- I adjust the pace, structure and environment around you
- I love a good metaphor or analogy when useful
- I sit in the messiness of it all with you
- I check in to see how you're experiencing things in the moment
- I will repeat things as many times as you need or rephrase
- I offer creative ways to explore things
- I notice patterns with curiosity not certainty
I offer neuro-affirming support, recognising ADHD, Autism, AuDHD, dyslexia and other neurodivergent traits more broadly, not as things to fix but as how your brain naturally works.
My own experiences of anxiety and being diagnosed with ADHD later in adulthood is part of what drew me to this work. I understand how disorienting it can feel to try and make sense of yourself without the right information and then how much it can actually help to finally have some!
I really encourage you to make yourself comfortable in session however that may look, take your shoes off, use a fidget tool, or grab a blanket if you like. There's no pressure to make eye contact or fill every silence and if you think or process things better while doodling or fidgeting, that's welcome here too.
Some of the practical info...
- In person sessions at Burslem Enterprise Centre (ST6)
- Also available online and by phone
- Free 15 minute online intro call
- £45 per 50 minute session
- Registered Member of BACP
To book an intro call, pop over an email or give me a text/ring, whatever feels easiest for you and I will get back in touch with you as soon as I can, within my working days of Monday - Friday.
Some anonymous testimonials from past clients:
''Roxanne has been brilliant at helping me work through some personal issues that were giving me panic attacks, she has allowed me to move forward and take the next steps at bringing my life to where I want it to be.''
''I often felt like I was just ranting or talking in circles, but somehow, with your gentle questions and the way you reflected things back to me, the important points would emerge. Hearing you paraphrase what I'd said showed me that you had really listened and understood. It helped my own thoughts make sense, and I often came away understanding myself better than when I walked in.
One thing I really appreciated was how our sessions never felt clinical. We laughed together a lot, especially at some of the ways I'd describe things or the analogies I'd come up with. It made me feel at ease, and I loved that you genuinely found some of them interesting too. I genuinely enjoyed your company, which made it much easier to open up and be myself.''
''I have been able to come to terms with a lot of it and where it has stemmed from. When you’d ask how things would make me feel it made me sit and process my thoughts in a better way than I have before and made me aware that I don’t need to hide my feelings and you have made me realise that my anxiety doesn’t define me and I can process it better than I ever thought I could.''
Training, qualifications & experience
- PG Diploma Psychotherapeutic Counselling - University of Staffordshire
- Certificate in Counselling - University of Staffordshire
I have experience working within the NHS, supporting NHS staff members with a variety of issues, both personal and work-related.
Some of my most recent CPD includes:
- Neurodiversity and Trauma
- OCD in Your Therapy Room - OCD Informed CPD for Therapists & Counsellors
- Experiential Training for Working with High-Masking Autism, Burnout, PDA and More
- Hot Topics in Autism
- Providing Culturally Competent and Neurodiversity-Affirming Care
- Family of Origin Wounds: Breaking the Patterns from our Past
- OCD & Autism - Attwood & Garnett
- Treating Trauma with Internal Family Systems Therapy
- ADHD, Social Anxiety and Rejection Sensitivity: Moving Beyond Hello
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.
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Additional information
concessions available
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If you have a preferred date and time for sessions, please do let me know and I can try my best to accommodate, whether that is for online, in person or telephone sessions.
