BACP Registered Counselling · Online · UK
Counselling for women in midlife navigating burnout, identity, loss, and the quiet ache of becoming someone new. A space that honours both the psychological and the deeply personal.
"The rowan holds fast
through every season's turning."
Is This For You?
Midlife can feel like a season that nobody warned you about. The old map no longer fits the landscape. You may be exhausted by how much you have been holding — in your relationships, your work, your body, your sense of self.
Perhaps you are someone who finds meaning in nature's rhythms, in seasonal ritual, in a spirituality that lives close to the earth — and you are tired of spaces that don't understand or respect that part of you.
This counselling is for you.
My Approach
The relationship is the work.
There is no agenda here, no checklist, no clock watching. I follow your lead — your words, your silences, your own sense of what needs attention. This is your space entirely.
The patterns we form early — around safety, trust, closeness and distance — tend to show up everywhere. Together we look at those patterns with curiosity rather than judgement, and explore what else might be possible.
Your relationship with the natural world, with seasonal rhythms, with an earth-based or spiritual practice — none of that needs to be left at the door. I work in a way that honours the whole of who you are.
My practice is integrative and relational, informed by relational psychotherapy, person-centred counselling, and attachment theory. The relationship between us is not simply the backdrop to therapy — it is where change becomes possible. I work within the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions and hold full professional indemnity insurance.
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About
I'm a BACP registered counsellor working online with women across the UK. Before retraining as a therapist, I spent ten years working as a registered mental health nurse in the NHS. I am no longer practising in that field — counselling is now my sole professional focus — but that decade shaped everything about how I understand the mind, the nervous system, and the particular exhaustion that comes from working within large institutions while holding the weight of other people's pain.
I qualified as a counsellor in 2024, and this second career has brought together everything I know about what it takes to truly accompany someone through change — with steadiness, without flinching, and without rushing you toward a resolution that isn't yet ready.
I work specifically with women in midlife because I understand this terrain — its particular exhaustion, its underacknowledged grief, and its extraordinary potential. I also understand what it means to hold a nature-connected or pagan worldview in a world that doesn't always make space for it. In our sessions, that part of you is welcome.
My approach is warm, direct, and unhurried. I am not here to fix you — you are not broken. I am here to sit with you while you find your own way through.
Getting Started
A no-obligation 20-minute video call to see if we feel like a good fit. No pressure, no expectation. You ask me anything you need to.
A full 50-minute session where we begin to understand what has brought you here and what you are hoping for. We move at your pace.
Weekly or fortnightly sessions, online via secure video. We build a consistent, safe space — the same time, the same face, the same commitment to you.
There are no lock-in contracts. You review and decide as we go. Endings are handled thoughtfully, with appropriate notice and care.
Investment
Online via secure video platform. Sessions are typically held weekly or fortnightly, at the same time each week.
On investment and access: I have thought carefully about my fees. £65 reflects the depth of this work and enables me to give it proper time and attention between sessions — supervision, notes, continuing development.
I hold a small number of reduced-fee places for women in genuine financial hardship. Please mention this when you get in touch and we can speak honestly about what is possible.
Cancellation policy: 48 hours notice is required to cancel or reschedule. Late cancellations or missed sessions are charged in full, in line with BACP guidance.
Get In Touch
Reaching out is the hardest part. You do not need to have the right words — just a sense that something needs to change.
The initial consultation is a 20-minute video call. It's free, it's informal, and it's entirely without obligation. I want you to feel that you are choosing me as much as I am choosing to work with you.
I respond to all enquiries within 48 hours, Monday to Friday.