Life can often feel like a balancing act, managing the needs of others while trying to find space for yourself. Many women I work with feel stretched thin, navigating complex roles at work and at home, often carrying a significant mental and emotional load.
Therapy offers a consistent, confidential space each week that is just for you. It’s a calm, uninterrupted space to think and feel, to make sense of your experiences, and to reconnect with what matters most to you. I work online with women in their twenties to their seventies, across the UK and Europe.
If this sounds like the kind of support you’re looking for, you’re welcome to arrange a free introductory call.
Why Women Come to Therapy
You don’t need to have a specific problem or a tidy story to begin. Many people start therapy simply because they feel something isn’t quite right, or they want a space to understand themselves better.
Some of the areas we can explore together include:
Feeling Overwhelmed or Burnt Out
Carrying the ‘mental load’—the planning, remembering, and organising for everyone else—can be exhausting. We can look at the expectations you face, both internal and external, and find ways to protect your energy.
Relationships and Boundaries
We can explore the dynamics of your relationships, whether it’s navigating communication, intimacy, conflict, or the pain of a separation. A key part of this is often learning to set and maintain boundaries that feel right for you, without guilt.
Anxiety, Low Mood, and Feeling Stuck
You might be experiencing restlessness, overthinking, panic, or a sense of numbness that you can’t quite shake. Therapy is a place to understand these feelings and explore their roots in a supportive environment.
Life Transitions and Hormonal Health
Your body and sense of self can change profoundly through different life stages. We can talk about the emotional impact of fertility journeys, pregnancy, birth, the postnatal period, perimenopause, and menopause.
Sex and Intimacy
It can be difficult to talk about sex. Here, we can approach topics like mismatched desire, painful sex, consent, and shame with care and without judgment, helping you to feel more comfortable in your body and relationships.
Recovering from Difficult Experiences
If your past includes experiences of being controlled, dismissed, or made to doubt your reality, it can take time to rebuild a sense of safety and trust. We will move at your pace, with your consent always at the forefront.
How We Can Work Together
Our sessions are a collaborative and thoughtful conversation. There’s no pressure to perform or be ‘fixed’. My role is to listen carefully and help you make your own sense of things.
My approach is shaped by these ideas:
- Psychodynamic & Humanistic: We pay attention to your lived experience in the here and now, while also staying curious about how past events and relationships might be influencing present patterns. The focus is on your innate capacity for insight and growth.
- GSRD Affirming: My practice is grounded in Gender, Sex, and Relationship Diversity. This means I offer an informed and affirming space for all sexualities, gender identities, and relationship structures, including LGBTQ+ and kink-aware clients.
- At Your Pace: We move at a speed that feels right for you. Pauses and silence are welcome. The work unfolds naturally through our ongoing conversation, without targets or homework.
A Note for LGBTQ+ Women
If you are looking for therapy that specifically affirms your identity, you may find these pages helpful:
Is This Approach Right for You?
Finding a therapist who is a good fit is the most important thing. This relational, exploratory way of working can be very helpful for those who want to understand themselves more deeply.
It may be less suitable if you are looking for a highly structured, task-focused therapy like CBT. If that sounds closer to what you need, I am happy to help signpost you to other resources.
Please note that my practice is not a crisis or emergency service. Online therapy is not always suitable for those who are at immediate risk of harm to themselves or others.
If you need urgent help, please contact your GP, call 999, go to A&E, or call the Samaritans for free, 24/7, on 116 123.
Practical Details
- Sessions: We meet online for 50 minutes, once a week at the same time. This consistency provides a reliable anchor point in your week.
- Confidentiality: Our work is confidential. I am an Accredited Member of the BACP and adhere strictly to its Ethical Framework. We will discuss the limits of confidentiality in our first meeting.
- About Me: I am a male therapist. It is completely understandable to have questions or feelings about this, and I welcome an open conversation. Your comfort is paramount. If you decide you would prefer to work with a woman, I can suggest trusted colleagues.
Your Next Step
If what you've read here feels like it could be a good fit, the next step is a brief, informal chat. You can book a free 15-minute consultation to ask any questions and see how it feels to talk together, with no obligation to continue.
You can also learn more about my general therapy services or explore the different therapy approaches I use.