About me
From the outside, things might look fine. You're articulate, insightful, capable. You keep showing up - to work, to relationships, to expectations.
But inside, something's shifting.
Maybe it's been building slowly, or maybe it hit all at once. Either way, the old ways of coping - staying busy, helpful, agreeable - aren't cutting it anymore.
Maybe you feel flat, foggy, or disconnected from yourself. Maybe you're scared to stop, in case everything unravels and people see the "real" you, even though sometimes, you're not even sure who that is.
And still, some part of you knows: I can't keep doing it this way.
Hi, I'm Tayler - and I offer therapy that meets you where you are, not where you think you're supposed to be.
I work especially well with people navigating trauma, burnout, sexuality, late-diagnosed neurodivergence, relationships and intimacy, life transitions, and the quiet ache of not knowing who you are anymore.
I listen closely, reflect what I notice, and stay with what feels raw or unclear. There's enough structure to feel safe, and enough flexibility to show up as you are - without pressure.
I work in a way that's neurodivergent-affirming, LGBTQ+ inclusive, and trauma-informed. You don't have to hide or tone yourself down here - every part of you gets to show up.
Alongside my own work, I founded Common Ground — a practice built around the same values, offering specialist psychotherapy, counselling, and therapeutic support service for neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ adults.
I also bring lived experiences of neurodiversity, LGBTQ+ life, chronic illness, and disability, which means you won't need to translate the basics - but I'll always stay curious about the details that are yours alone.
I won't pathologise your experiences or reduce them to a label. Instead, I'm interested in how they shape your life, relationships, and sense of self.
How I work
I work online with adults across the UK and Europe, including people looking for ADHD-affirming, autism-affirming, and trauma-informed therapy. My approach is relational, person-centred, and integrative.
There's no fixed formula - we'll begin with where you are now, and shape the work around what feels safe, supportive, and meaningful.
Some days, that might look like gently exploring how you think, feel, or relate to others - noticing patterns without rushing to explain them.
Other times, we might pause to check in with the body: shifts in breath, tension, or instinct.
One approach I often use is Internal Family Systems (IFS), which sees us as made up of different parts - each with its own strategy, story, and way of protecting us.
Together, we might meet parts that:
- Spiral at 3am or over-plan to prepare for every outcome
- Over-work, people-please, or push down needs to keep others happy
- Shut down or numb out by withdrawing, doom-scrolling, or self-medicating to escape
- Feel emotions so intensely they flood or overwhelm you
- Crave love so deeply that you're vulnerable to harmful relationships and manipulation
These parts aren't problems to fix - they've all had a purpose, often trying to keep you safe in the only ways they knew how.
In IFS, the goal isn't to get rid of them, but to understand them, ease the pain they've been carrying, and create more space for you to lead your life from a place of choice rather than protection or shame.
What might shift over time
Throughout (and after) our work together, you might begin to:
- Feel safer and calmer - able to pause, breathe, and choose your response instead of slipping into over-functioning, rescuing, or bracing for the worst.
- See yourself and situations more clearly, without fear, shame, anxiety, or trauma running the show - including the pressures to always be "the strong one" or hold everything together for others.
- Care for yourself with love, patience and compassion - even the parts of you that once felt "too much," "not enough," or hidden away to keep the peace.
- Trust yourself to make decisions that feel right for you, without needing anyone else's permission, validation, or approval.
- Let go of people-pleasing as survival, and feel what it's like to be in relationships where you can be supported as much as you support others.
- Genuinely show up as your whole, authentic self with pride - and a sense that you're ready for whatever comes next.
Together, we'll notice what's yours, what no longer fits, and what it might feel like to finally belong to yourself - without having to hide, perform, or hold it all alone.
What's next?
If this sounds like the kind of space you've been looking for, the best place to start is the Common Ground website — where you can find out more about the practice, the team, and which kind of support might be the right fit for you.
Common Ground offers both psychotherapy and counselling with specialist associates, as well as The Clearing — a therapeutic support service for people who are in therapy or have recently finished, and need somewhere to process what's coming up between or after sessions.
If you're ready to reach out, you can:
→ Visit the Common Ground website to explore what's available
→ Send an enquiry and we'll help you find the right fit
Training, qualifications & experience
Trauma and neurodiversity aren't areas I drifted into — they're what my entire career has been built around. For over 15 years I've been researching, training other professionals, and working directly with people navigating trauma, neurodivergence, and the places where the two overlap — across mental health, community, and charity settings, including work with survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, chronic illness, and mental health crisis.
Alongside my own practice, I founded Common Ground — a specialist trauma-informed and neurodivergent-affirming psychotherapy and therapeutic support practice for neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ adults, offering both associate-led psychotherapy and counselling, and The Clearing, a dedicated therapeutic support service.
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy – University of Salford
- Postgraduate Certificate in Transpersonal Psychotherapy – Re-Vision
Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Skills – Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology - BSc Psychology – University of Liverpool
For more detail on my training, experience, and specialist areas, you can visit the qualifications page on my website.
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
I specialise in areas such as trauma, relationships & intimacy, neurodivergence, life transitions and LGBTQ+ & GSRD therapy - but I welcome clients from all walks of life, with a wide range of experiences and challenges.
You can explore in-depth pages on my website for more detail, or scroll to the additional information section at the bottom of my profile.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 - £85.00
Additional information
Sessions are £85 for 60 minutes. I offer a full therapeutic hour (not the standard 50 minutes) to give space to arrive, pause, and leave without feeling rushed - especially if you're coming in overstimulated or need time to settle.
You're welcome to arrive up to 15 minutes late or leave early - the session will still finish on time, but whatever time we have will be fully yours.
I don't currently have any reduced-fee spots available. I understand therapy isn't affordable for everyone, and so I try to build accessibility into my practice by being flexible with frequency.
This means we can meet weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or session-by-session, depending on what works for your life, energy and finances.
Associate psychotherapy and counselling sessions are available through Common Ground at £80 per session. Lower-cost options are also in development — visit the Common Ground website for the most up-to-date information on availability and fees.
→ To find out more about session frequency, length, and flexibility, check out the FAQ page on my website or watch the first video in the gallery below.
When I work
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Further information
What I can help with
Complex Trauma & Abuse
- Abuse, neglect, CSA (child sexual abuse)
- PTSD & CPTSD recovery
- Sexual assault (SA), rape and navigating the legal system as a survivor (pre-trial counselling)
- Intergenerational trauma
- Trauma triggers, flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, dissociation, and depersonalisation
- Recovering from narcissistic abuse, domestic violence, coercive control, and relationship trauma, including dealing with family courts, stalking and harassment
- Survivors of childhood abuse and childhood emotional neglect
- Rediscovering sexuality, desire, and intimacy after trauma
Neurodiversity
- ADHD, autism, AuDHD, ASD
- Exploring the diagnosis process (including NHS/Right to Choose)
- Processing a late autism diagnosis or late ADHD diagnosis
- Being “missed” or misdiagnosed
- Interoception differences, sensory issues, sensory processing differences and misophonia
- Emotional dysregulation, alexithymia, burnout, shutdowns, meltdowns, rumination, impulsivity, hyperactivity
- Struggling with communication and socialising, masking, isolation and loneliness, neurodivergent relationships and friendships, RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria)
- Executive dysfunction, decision paralysis, procrastination, motivation, overwhelm, hyperfocus, self-sabotage
- Autism in women, ADHD in women and late-diagnosed women
Relationships, Sex & Intimacy
- Dating, affairs, breakups, divorce and separation
- Anxious attachment, relationship anxiety, jealousy, codependency
- Fear of intimacy, trust issues, avoidant attachment
- Setting boundaries, overfunctioning in relationships, rescuing, and people-pleasing
- Communication struggles, conflict in relationships
- Falling out of love, feeling unseen, emotional neglect, deciding whether to stay or leave, rebuilding trust after an affair or cheating
- Sex problems, changes in libido, desire, intimacy
- Exploring polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, and open relationships
LGBTQ+ & GSRD-Affirming Therapy
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, nonbinary, and pansexual identities
- Gender diversity, gender questioning
- Navigating queer relationships, community and family
- Internalised homophobia, internalised transphobia, bisexual invisibility
- Kink-affirming therapy & sex positive therapy
- Navigating sex work stigma and marginalisation
Grief, Loss, Life Transitions & Emotional Wellbeing
- Grief & loss – ambiguous loss, bereavement, grief after a diagnosis, anticipatory grief
- Miscarriage, baby loss, fertility & pregnancy
- Deciding whether to become a parent or not
- Family estrangement or going no contact
- Menopause, PMDD, PCOS
- Identity shifts through life-stages (loss of purpose, 'midlife crisis', processing getting older)
- Political grief, climate anxiety, eco-distress and feeling helpless
- Feeling stuck, loss of motivation, lack of purpose, self-criticism
- Low self-esteem & self-worth, body image, building self-confidence
- Stress, overthinking, high-functioning burnout, overworking, 'work addiction', perfectionism
- Health anxiety, living with chronic pain, chronic illness (type 1 diabetes, chronic fatigue, disability)
Additional information
If this sounds like the right fit, the best place to start is the Common Ground website — where you can find out more about the practice, the team, and what's available.
Common Ground offers specialist psychotherapy and counselling with associate therapists, as well as The Clearing — a therapeutic support service for people who need somewhere to process what's coming up between or after sessions.
→ Visit the Common Ground website to explore what's available
→ Send an enquiry and we'll help you find the right fit
Further information
If you're looking for an online autistic therapist, ADHD therapist, neurodivergent therapist, or LGBTQ+ therapist who gets it from the inside, visit the Common Ground website or send an enquiry — we'll help you find the right fit within the practice.
