I work with people who often feel self-conscious, triggered, or overwhelmed by worry, especially about what others think. You might replay conversations in your mind, worry that you’ve said the wrong thing, feel anxious about upsetting someone, or fear making mistakes. These experiences can leave you feeling not good enough, overthinking, inferior, or stuck in self-criticism, making it hard to feel confident or at ease in daily life.
You might notice yourself:
- Feeling not good enough, overthinking, or worrying about what others think
- Worrying in your head and can’t seem to focus
- Seeking validation and reassurance comes from outside of you
- Losing yourself in relationships and putting others’ needs first
- Being self critical and hard on yourself
- Acting out of character when you’re triggered or upset
- Feeling Jealous, relationship anxiety, or intense post-breakup pain
In therapy, you can choose to focus on the areas that matter most to you, or we can work together to explore your experiences and decide on the approaches that best address the main issues you’re facing. This allows therapy to be tailored to what feels most relevant and helpful for you, whether that’s managing worry, reducing reactivity, building self-esteem, or navigating relationship patterns
Modalities I Use
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Helps you change unhelpful thoughts and beliefs that fuel worry, overthinking, self-doubt, or low self-esteem.
- Somatic Attachment Therapy: Works with your body and emotional responses to understand patterns from past experiences that affect anxiety, stress, and reactions in relationships.
- Inner Relationship Focusing & Parts Work: Helps you notice the different parts of yourself, like the inner critic, anxious part, or self-doubting part, and learn to relate to them with kindness and self-understanding.
- Self-Compassion Focused Therapy: Teaches you how to treat yourself with warmth and understanding, reducing self-criticism, shame, and feelings of not being good enough.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Helps you accept difficult thoughts and emotions while taking actions that align with your goals, values, and relationships.
I also focus on practical, everyday strategies. Together, we explore how patterns show up for you, what triggers them, and how you can respond differently in the moment. This work helps you build self-esteem, manage difficult emotions, navigate relationships more effectively, and feel more at ease with yourself and others.
Whether your goal is to stop overthinking, manage your inner critic, feel calmer in triggering situations, break repeating relationship patterns, or develop lasting self-confidence, my aim is to create a safe, compassionate space where you can explore your experiences, understand yourself more deeply, and develop practical tools to move forward.
Techniques I Use
I use a variety of techniques to help you understand yourself, manage emotions, and change patterns that no longer serve you, including:
- Self-Compassion, Visualisation & Mindfulness: Build kindness toward yourself, practice new responses, and reduce rumination
- Talking & Reflective Dialogue: A safe space to process experiences and feel heard
- Thought Awareness & Cognitive Restructuring: Notice and challenge unhelpful thoughts that fuel overthinking, worry, and self-doubt
- Parts Work & Inner Dialogue: Explore different parts of yourself, like the inner critic or anxious part, and relate to them with curiosity and compassion
- Body Awareness & Somatic Practices: Tune into sensations and reactions that show how past experiences affect you today.
- Inner-Child Work: Connect with younger parts of yourself to heal old wounds and nurture self-support.