Stephanie Taylor

Are you entering a period of transition and change? Has a significant relationship ended, turning your life upside down? Are you struggling to achieve your ambitions in your career and feel stuck? Is university not what you expected it to be? Have you reached breaking point or burnout? Are you having a crisis of identity? Have you recently become a parent and are struggling with the shift within yourself or your relationship? 

I have a particular interest in working with young professionals going through a change of life crisis. Whether you are in your 20's, 30's or 40's the pressure from family, friends, society and yourself can feel crushing. How do you navigate becoming who you want to be, when you are so aware of who you think you should be? These emotional pressures can begin to manifest physically in anxiety, depression, OCD, insomnia and chronic pain. I can help you to make sense of this.

During your life, your emotions can create behavioural patterns which begin as helpful, even necessary for survival. As you enter into the next stage of your life, you may have begun to realise these patterns no longer serve you. In fact, they can be actively standing in your way. It can feel impossible to know how to change them and find who you are underneath. Often we do not realise how our upbringing has affected us until something comes up which forces us to look at it. The key to understanding and to change is to look beneath the everyday, follow your emotions and find what lies at the root. 

The first step into therapy can feel uncertain, even if you have experienced it before and opening up to a stranger is never an easy task. For this reason, I offer a no obligation 15 minute consultation via video call or over the phone. This is to help you decide if we are a good fit to work together. My job is to welcome you into a safe space and help you to feel at ease. This means you won’t feel judged by me and I will give you the time and space you need to process. Therapy is not about asking a professional to give you the answer to your problems. Instead, it is a partnership where we work together to achieve what you hope for.

I am an integrative relational counsellor which means I draw from several theoretic approaches, tailored to you as a client. I believe each human being is of value and has the potential for psychological change and holds the answer to their problems within them. I am there to enable you to find it.

I can offer help to adults (18+) to understand and overcome a range of emotional difficulties.

I offer a free 15/20 minute, initial consultation either over the phone or online to help you decide if you would like to work together.

Reduced fee for online sessions as does not include the cost of room hire.

10% NHS and student discount. 

I offer bi weekly and flexible appointment times to enable access to counselling for shift workers and for people with busy lives.