My unique approach to wellbeing
A gentle, compassionate space to slow down, feel heard, and reconnect with yourself. Supporting you to feel heard, understood, and at home within yourself.
A Gentle, Compassionate Approach to Counselling & Wellbeing
I know that life can sometimes feel heavy. You might be carrying stress, anxiety, grief, burnout, difficult relationships, chronic illness, or simply feeling that you've been holding everything together for far too long.
My hope is to offer you a space where you don't have to do that on your own.
Together, we can slow down, make sense of what's been happening, and gently explore whatever feels important to you. There is no pressure to have the right words or to know where to begin. We simply start where you are.
Alongside my counselling training, I bring over 30 years' experience working in community wellbeing, creativity, inclusion, and accessible support. I've also spent many years facilitating mindfulness, yoga, somatic wellbeing, retreats, and community spaces, so I see wellbeing as something much bigger than simply managing problems or symptoms.
My aim is to support you in reconnecting with yourself, understanding your needs, building on your strengths, and finding ways to feel a little more grounded, resourced, and at home in yourself.
Your first steps in counselling with me
If you're feeling nervous about starting counselling, you're not alone. Many people tell me they've been thinking about reaching out for months, before they finally make contact.
You don't need to prepare anything, have everything figured out, or know exactly what to say.
Our first sessions are simply a chance for us to get to know one another. We'll explore what's been bringing you to counselling, what feels important to you, and what you're hoping might be different in your life.
We move at a pace that feels comfortable for you.
My role isn't to give you all the answers or tell you what to do. Instead, I offer a calm, compassionate space where you can feel listened to without judgement, explore your experiences with curiosity, and begin to understand yourself with greater kindness and compassion.
Over time, many people find they feel more connected to themselves, more confident in meeting their own needs, and better able to navigate life's challenges in ways that feel sustainable and true to who they are.
My Integrative Approach
Every person is different, so I don't believe there is a "one size fits all" approach to counselling. Together, we'll find a way of working that feels right for you.
As an Integrative Counsellor, I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches, including Person-Centred Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Transactional Analysis (TA), mindfulness, nervous system-informed practice, Somatic Therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed work. I gently weave these approaches together, always guided by your individual needs, experiences, and goals.
Some sessions may simply be a space where you can talk openly and feel heard. At other times, we might become curious about the ways you've learned to cope, the roles you've found yourself taking on, or why certain situations, relationships, or feelings keep showing up in your life.
We might explore things like people-pleasing, being hard on yourself, overthinking, finding it difficult to set boundaries, feeling responsible for everyone else, or noticing that you're often running on empty. Together, we gently make sense of these experiences with curiosity and compassion, recognising that many of these ways of coping once helped you through difficult times.
Where it feels supportive, we can also include body awareness, mindfulness, and nervous system-informed approaches, helping you understand not just what's happening in your thoughts, but how your experiences may also be held within your body. Rather than trying to "fix" you, we work towards helping you feel more grounded, connected, and at home within yourself.
Whatever we explore together, my hope is that you leave each session feeling a little lighter, a little more understood, and knowing that you don't have to carry everything on your own.
Specialised Somatic & Internal Family Systems (IFS) Informed Therapy.
Sometimes we can understand something with our minds, but our bodies are still carrying it.
If you've ever found yourself thinking, "I understand why I feel like this, but I still can't seem to change it," this way of working may resonate with you.
Somatic Therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS) offer a gentle, compassionate approach to exploring the connection between your mind, body, emotions, nervous system, and the different parts of yourself. Rather than trying to fix or change you, we slow down, listen with curiosity, and begin to understand what your body and inner world may be trying to communicate.
Many people find this approach particularly supportive if they're living with the effects of trauma, burnout, chronic stress, difficult relationships, family estrangement, emotional neglect, or long-standing patterns such as people-pleasing, self-criticism, or feeling disconnected from themselves.
Together, we work at a pace that feels safe and manageable, helping you build greater self-understanding, nervous system regulation, self-compassion, and a deeper sense of feeling at home within yourself.
"You Are the One You've Been Waiting For"
Dr Richard Scwartz
Take the first step towards feeling heard, supported, and understood. Contact me to learn more, book a 20 minute Free consultation or to book your initial session.
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