FAQ

If you are here, you have already taken the first step.

Starting therapy can feel unfamiliar, and it is completely natural to feel unsure. You do not need to arrive with clarity or the right words.

Therapy offers a professional, boundaried space centred on your wellbeing. Together, we begin wherever you are, gently making sense of what feels difficult and what may need attention.

After you get in touch, I offer a free 20-minute introductory call on Zoom. This gives us the opportunity to meet, for you to get a sense of me and how I work, and for you to share a little about what has brought you here.

There is no pressure to continue. If it feels like a good fit, we can then agree a regular day and time for sessions.

The first sessions are a gentle starting point.

You might talk about what has been weighing on you or what has led you to seek support, but you do not need to have everything clearly worked out. We begin wherever you are.

It is also a space to get a feel for the work and begin building trust over time, at a pace that feels comfortable for you.

It is completely natural to wonder about this.

A sense of fit develops through contact, which is why I offer an introductory call. You may notice that you feel at ease, that something resonates, or that you could imagine speaking openly here.

Sometimes it takes a few sessions to know more clearly. That is part of the process.

Yes — I offer both short-term and longer-term therapy depending on your individual needs, goals and what you would like support with.

Some people come to therapy wanting focused support around a particular issue, life event or period of difficulty, while others choose longer-term therapy to explore deeper emotional patterns, relationships or experiences more fully over time.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy can work well in both shorter-term and longer-term ways depending on the depth of work involved, while CBT approaches can also provide practical tools and strategies to support day-to-day challenges.

We can discuss what feels most appropriate for you during our initial sessions, and there is no pressure to commit to a set number of sessions.

Yes. What you share in therapy is treated with care and confidentiality.

There are limited exceptions, such as if there are serious concerns about your safety or the safety of someone else. These are explained clearly in the client contract before we begin.

As part of my professional practice, I attend regular clinical supervision, where work may be discussed in a confidential and anonymised way.

Psychotherapeutic counselling bridges the space between counselling and psychotherapy.

It allows us to work with what is happening in your life now, while also exploring the patterns and earlier experiences that may be shaping it. This means our work can move at the pace and depth that feels right for you.

Integrative therapy means I am not limited to one single approach. Instead, I draw from a range of therapeutic models and adapt the work to suit you as an individual.

I draw on Internal Family Systems (IFS), an evidence-based approach that works with the different parts of your inner world. You may notice, for example, that one part of you feels self-critical, while another feels vulnerable or overwhelmed. IFS helps us understand these parts with curiosity and compassion, rather than trying to push them away, often allowing for deeper and more lasting change.

Where helpful, I also incorporate Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to notice patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. This can be particularly useful when something feels repetitive or difficult to shift, offering gentle structure and greater awareness of how these patterns may be affecting you.

Bringing these approaches together, alongside other techniques, means the work can be both supportive and insightful, grounded and exploratory. Some sessions may focus on what is happening in your life right now, while others may gently explore earlier experiences or emotional patterns.

Rather than following a fixed method, the therapy is shaped around you, your needs, and what feels most helpful as we work together.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy is an approach that helps us understand the different parts of ourselves that can influence how we think, feel and respond emotionally.

For example, you may notice anxious parts, critical parts, people-pleasing parts or parts that try to stay highly controlled or protected.

Rather than trying to suppress or get rid of these parts, IFS helps us understand them with curiosity and compassion so that lasting emotional change can happen.

Many people find IFS helpful for anxiety, self-esteem difficulties, trauma, emotional overwhelm, relationship patterns and feeling stuck in repeating cycles.

IFS can be used within both short-term and longer-term therapy depending on your needs and what you would like support with.

Sessions last 50 minutes and cost £70.

They are available online via Zoom or face to face in my counselling room in central Cambridge. We can think together about what feels most comfortable for you.

A small number of reduced-fee spaces are available, and you are welcome to enquire about these.

I ask for at least 24 hours' notice if you need to cancel or rearrange a session.

This allows the time to be offered to someone else.