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      <image:caption>A space for women who are tired of holding everything together Are you feeling anxious, burnt out, overwhelmed or disconnected from yourself? Perhaps you're navigating ADHD, childhood trauma, chronic anxiety, perimenopause, or difficult relationships. Maybe you've spent years putting everyone else first, masking how much you're struggling, or wondering why life feels harder than it seems for everyone else. Take a breath. It’s OK. I really do get it. I specialise in working sensitively with women experiencing the effects of ADHD, childhood trauma, chronic anxiety and burnout. My approach is warm, down-to-earth and trauma-informed. I’m not here to sit quietly behind a notebook and analyse you. I want you to feel comfortable enough to be yourself, without judgement or having to explain everything perfectly. We’ll work together to understand what you’re going through, make sense of where it may come from, and gently find ways forward that feel manageable for you. You don’t have to have it all figured out before you come to therapy. You can simply come as you are. Online counselling across the UK | Face-to-face counselling in Colchester and surrounding areas Book a free 15-minute consultation</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Through my own personal challenges and struggles, “Having my own lived experience of trauma has really helped me to empathise with my clients.” I approach my work with kindness and without judgment, and try to remember what it feels like to be so hurt, fragile and at the end of my tether. Whether you are a burnt-out overstimulated parent, or simply feeling lonely and abandoned, trying to make sense of a relationship ending, or a childhood scattered with unhappy memories, I would like to help you on a path to a more comforting place. I embarked on a counselling journey that became life-changing. Then later, navigating becoming a parent and realising I had ADHD, life became challenging in new and unexpected ways, and I had to work out the best way to move forward. I found new ways to process emotions, manage past trauma, and realised life didn’t have to feel quite so hard every day. I knew the only job I wanted was to support people the way I had been helped. I am passionate about helping people with their challenges and the power of talking therapies. So often in life, we try to do everything by ourselves, we feel we must be strong and that need for toxic positivity takes over! The past can keep us ashamed, silent, and trapped with overwhelming feelings and regrets. All these limitations and pressures we put upon ourselves only serve to make us feel more isolated and powerless. Even when we are at rock bottom, we can still feel so ashamed and worried about asking for help, and when we do, we don’t always get the response we need or deserve.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I am an experienced, accredited counsellor offering in-person counselling for clients in Colchester and surrounding areas, as well as online counselling across the UK, with a BACP accredited diploma in Integrative counselling. Registered with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy means I abide by their code of ethics and have monthly clinical supervision with an experienced, accredited supervisor. I also hold full insurance, an up to date DBS certificate and am registered with the ICO. I have experience working with Childhood trauma, ADHD, emotional and sexual abuse, addiction, domestic abuse, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, toxic relationships, birth and pregnancy issues, depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD and CPTSD I regularly undertake continuing professional development as required by the BACP. Additional CPD Online Counselling Best Practice Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) ADHD, and Neurodiversity in Clinical Practice The Effects of Immature Parenting ADHD In Females and Comorbid Trauma The Neurobiology of Attachment Reframing ADHD: What Clients Need from Therapy Working with CPTSD Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder Working with Sexual Abuse Somatic Approaches for Working with Anger and Treating Trauma Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician (NATC) Training with Dr Ramani Durvasula Polyvagal Theory and Application to Clinical Practice Mindfulness in Therapy Narcissistic Relationships Featured in- https://www.idealhome.co.uk/all-rooms/all-rooms-decor/happy-trigger-home-decor-ideas</image:caption>
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