Therapists for emotional confusion

Brendan works primarily with adults navigating the profound emotional impact of bereavement and loss, offering a warm and understanding space to process these complex feelings. He deeply understands the challenges of emotional turmoil, grief, and the search for meaning that often accompanies significant life changes, including job loss and career transitions. Central to his practice is Person-Centred Therapy, which provides clients with a supportive environment for self-reflection and personal growth. Brendan excels at creating a truly client-led experience, allowing individuals to explore their deep emotional processes and experiences at their own pace. He masterfully uses metaphors to illuminate complex feelings, helping clients to reframe their perspectives. His diverse experience extends to supporting career-focused professionals, older adults, students, parents, and those facing job loss or high-responsibility roles. Ultimately, Brendan encourages clients to uncover their unique strengths and find their own solutions, fostering a greater sense of peace and self-understanding.

Katie is an experienced Person-Centred therapist who brings warmth, attentiveness, and flexibility to her work with adults navigating emotional distress, mood disorders, and significant life transitions. She specialises in supporting clients facing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, stress, and deep-rooted feelings of guilt or shame. Her integrative practice combines Person-Centred foundations with Psychodynamic insight, Solution-Focused techniques, EFT (Tapping), and DBT skills — allowing her to tailor each session to the person in front of her. Katie holds particular expertise in neurodiversity, including Autism and ADHD, and provides a validating, inclusive space for clients across diverse cultural and social backgrounds. Whether someone is facing loss, fertility challenges, menopause, or long-standing inner conflict, Katie meets them with care, curiosity, and clinical skill — helping them feel heard, understood, and more equipped for life ahead.

David offers deeply integrative psychotherapy, skillfully blending psychodynamic, humanistic, attachment-based, Internal Family Systems, body-based, and mindfulness practices to provide comprehensive support. He works extensively with individuals navigating profound personal growth journeys and those grappling with significant life transitions such as stress, anxiety, fear, and the complexities of breakup and divorce. David's approach is particularly effective for adults experiencing challenges in relationships, self-esteem, and those feeling stuck or conflicted between different parts of themselves – be it independence versus closeness, ambition versus burnout, or longing versus fear of intimacy. His therapeutic process often involves exploring past experiences to understand their enduring impact today, fostering deep self-reflection and a renewed search for meaning. With extensive experience, he supports a diverse range of adults, including career-focused professionals, older adults, and parents, helping them navigate midlife changes, grief, and long-standing patterns of avoidance. David provides a calm, attentive, and attuned environment where clients can feel seen, understood, and safe enough to explore difficult truths, ultimately integrating shadow and potential to discover a truer sense of self.

Claire Ashby offers a warm, integrative, and person-centred therapeutic approach, deeply committed to helping clients navigate anxiety, sleep difficulties like insomnia, ADHD, and the unique challenges of neurodivergence. Drawing on her extensive training, she flexibly integrates hypnotherapy, mindfulness, and trauma-informed strategies, creating a safe and non-judgemental space for profound exploration. As a neurodivergent therapist herself, Claire brings a profound level of empathy and understanding to her work, ensuring a neuro-affirming environment tailored to individual needs and communication styles. She guides clients through concerns such as panic attacks, phobias, OCD, and stress-related disorders, helping them reduce anxiety, manage intrusive thoughts, and reclaim confidence to live more fulfilling lives. Sessions are client-led, allowing you to explore past experiences and their present impact, while also offering practical tools, strategies, and psychoeducation, including techniques from CBT for Insomnia, to support immediate well-being. Claire is dedicated to empowering clients to find their own solutions, celebrating their strengths, and fostering self-awareness to build resilience and prevent relapse through open-ended therapy. She actively collaborates with clients to reframe problems and encourages re-engagement with life's joys, providing praise and encouragement every step of the way.

Dr Marilyn is an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor dedicated to helping clients achieve clarity and balance in their mental and emotional lives through individually tailored treatment plans. She expertly supports individuals navigating anxiety, childhood and past trauma, grief and loss, low self-esteem, and complex relationship issues including trust and family dynamics. Utilising modalities such as Transactional Analysis, Person-Centred, Gestalt, and trauma-informed therapies, Marilyn skillfully adapts her approach to meet diverse needs. She welcomes a broad spectrum of clients, including students, young adults, LGBTQ+ individuals, and professionals in demanding roles. In sessions, Marilyn balances deep emotional exploration with practical strategies, encouraging creative methods, exploring past experiences, and bringing awareness to non-verbal cues. Known for being robust, empathic, and solution-focused, she adeptly guides conversations while allowing clients to lead, using challenging questions and appropriate humour to help them reframe problems. Marilyn is committed to tracking progress and providing tools to foster personal growth, self-acceptance, and a more positive, grounded life.

Penny offers an integrative therapeutic approach, providing a warm and supportive space for clients navigating significant life challenges. She specializes in addressing core issues such as anxiety, low self-esteem, loneliness, gender identity, and the profound impact of guilt and shame. Penny frequently supports individuals who are grappling with a sense of inauthenticity, struggling to adapt to life’s changes, or processing distressing past situations. Her practice often welcomes a diverse range of clients, including LGBTQ+ individuals, students, young adults, parents, caregivers, and career-focused professionals. Sessions with Penny are distinctly client-led, empowering individuals to guide their own therapeutic journey while deeply exploring how past experiences continue to shape their present. She skillfully integrates various therapeutic methods, adapting flexibly to each client’s unique needs and fostering a collaborative path toward understanding and healing.

Jose works with adults and young people navigating a spectrum of challenges, from daily stress, anxiety, and mood disorders like depression to profound emotional turmoil, guilt, and shame. He offers dedicated support for those undergoing major life transitions, exploring gender identity, or coping with the impact of bullying, violence, abuse, and family or romantic relationship breakdowns, including betrayal, jealousy, and communication difficulties. His practice is deeply inclusive, providing a safe and affirming space for neurodiverse clients (including ADHD and Autism) and LGBTQ+ individuals, alongside career-focused professionals, parents, and those facing addiction, job loss, or financial stress. Employing an integrative approach, José expertly blends Person-Centred, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), often exploring past experiences to illuminate their present impact while focusing on deep emotional processes. In sessions, clients experience a collaborative environment where their insights lead, while José provides balanced guidance, structure, and thoughtful reframing to help them find their own solutions and build strong support networks. He values transparency, tracks progress, offers praise, and uses appropriate humour, collaborating with other professionals when beneficial. José’s ultimate aim is to empower clients to gain clarity, cultivate self-acceptance, and create meaningful, lasting change at a pace that feels right for them, without typically assigning homework.

Patricia is a dedicated therapist with a profound specialization in guiding individuals through significant challenges such as childhood and past trauma, the complexities of stress-related disorders including PTSD, and the healing journey from abusive relationships. She offers a deeply compassionate space for those grappling with loss and the search for meaning, or struggling with work-life balance and burnout. Patricia possesses extensive experience working with diverse client groups, notably those with neurodiversity and disabilities, as well as veterans, emergency service workers, and survivors of abuse. Embracing an integrative therapeutic approach, she flexibly adapts each session to your unique needs, offering open-ended therapy without a fixed timeframe to ensure a truly bespoke experience. With a strong foundation in Person-Centred Therapy, Patricia ensures you feel heard, supported, and empowered to find your way forward. She frequently recommends insightful resources, such as books, articles, and videos, to complement your sessions and foster continued growth. Patricia's commitment is to help you move forward, providing a safe, adaptable, and resourceful therapeutic environment.

Nigel Jordan offers a warm, non-judgmental, and highly integrative approach, ensuring clients feel truly seen, heard, and deeply understood. Drawing upon a rich blend of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic, Person-Centred, Solution-Focused, and Trauma Therapy, Nigel adeptly supports adults navigating complex issues such as significant stress, anxiety, depressive episodes, loneliness, and the profound impact of childhood and past trauma, including race-based trauma. He works flexibly at your pace, balancing deep reflection on past experiences with practical tools and strategies to address present concerns. Your therapeutic journey is uniquely tailored, adapting precisely to your specific needs and challenges, whether you're grappling with low self-esteem, work-life balance issues, or seeking profound self-reflection and personal growth. Nigel frequently recommends enriching resources and encourages creative methods to deepen understanding. He is highly skilled in supporting a diverse range of individuals, from career-focused professionals, those in high-responsibility roles, immigrants, expats, parents, and caregivers, to members of various ethnic and cultural communities, especially when adapting to new living conditions or facing significant career transitions. Throughout therapy, Nigel provides consistent praise and encouragement, meticulously tracks progress, and keeps you informed on your therapeutic journey, equipping you with robust tools to reframe challenges and prevent relapse. His ultimate goal is to empower you to find clarity, foster emotional resilience, and build robust support networks for lasting well-being and self-actualisation.

Tim specializes in supporting adults who are grappling with relationship difficulties and entrenched negative life patterns, often rooted in early childhood experiences. Utilizing Transactional Analysis as his core modality, Tim creates a space for profound self-reflection and personal growth, adeptly addressing concerns such as low self-esteem, the lasting impact of childhood and past trauma, grief and loss, and phobias. His therapeutic approach deeply explores past experiences to understand their influence on current challenges, believing that how one shows up in therapy reflects how they show up in life. Tim adapts flexibly to each client's unique needs, often employing rich metaphors to explain complex emotional processes and facilitate insight. He is particularly dedicated to assisting veterans and active duty service members, guiding them through their specific challenges with understanding and care. Clients can anticipate a warm, supportive, and empathetic therapeutic relationship designed to empower them towards lasting change.

Jane is a warm and authentic Person-Centred counsellor who meets clients exactly where they are, offering open-ended therapy that adapts flexibly to individual needs. She specializes in supporting adults grappling with anxiety and fear, anger management, low self-esteem, and the profound impact of childhood and past trauma. Jane often explores deep emotional processes, understanding that many current struggles, including communication difficulties in relationships and people-pleasing tendencies, frequently stem from unresolved childhood experiences. In sessions, she encourages clients to lead, exploring past experiences and their present-day impact, while skillfully integrating different therapeutic approaches. Jane uses metaphors and appropriate humour, bringing awareness to non-verbal cues to foster deeper self-understanding and empower clients to discover their own solutions. She provides a genuinely supportive space where clients can feel heard, understood, and confident in their capacity for growth and change.

Yong brings a warm and person-centred approach, specialising in supporting adults who are grappling with low self-esteem, anxiety, and fear, which can manifest in various aspects of their lives, from work to home. She possesses a particular expertise in working with neurodiversity, including autism and ADHD, fostering environments conducive to self-reflection and personal growth. Yong's compassionate care extends to a wide array of clients, including individuals with disabilities, mental health diagnoses, LGBTQ+ people, students, young adults, and those identifying as neurodiverse. Her sessions are deeply client-led, adapting flexibly to each individual's unique needs while often exploring past experiences to understand their current impact. Yong integrates diverse therapeutic approaches, skillfully using metaphors and appropriate humour to help clients reframe problems, gain new perspectives, and discover their own empowering solutions. She consistently offers praise and encouragement for progress, providing valuable tools to prevent relapse and build resilience for lasting well-being.

Marjorie offers compassionate support to individuals grappling with significant life challenges such as anxiety, fear, profound grief, loss, and the lasting effects of past violence or abuse. She frequently assists clients struggling with low self-esteem and self-worth, which often underpin many daily difficulties and relationship struggles. Drawing on Transactional Analysis and Solution-Focused Therapy, Marjorie provides a deeply client-led and flexible therapeutic space, carefully balancing guided exploration with ample room for personal reflection. She encourages a thorough examination of past experiences and their influence on current life, offering open-ended therapy tailored to individual needs. Marjorie fosters self-reflection and personal growth, empowering clients to develop effective communication and conflict resolution skills. In sessions, she thoughtfully brings awareness to non-verbal cues, provides encouragement, and helps clients reframe problems from new perspectives, ultimately aiding them in building strong support networks. Her extensive experience includes working with career-focused professionals, survivors of abuse, and individuals navigating mental health diagnoses or high-pressure roles.

Charlotte Clegg offers a warm, empathetic, and person-centred therapeutic space where you are empowered to explore your experiences and find your own path forward. She adeptly integrates various approaches, with Person-Centred Therapy as her core modality, while also incorporating elements of CBT, Internal Family Systems, and Compassion Focused Therapy to tailor sessions to your unique needs. Charlotte frequently works with a diverse range of clients, including those from the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals from non-white backgrounds, and professionals in high-pressure roles, helping them navigate stress, anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, and complex family relationships. She also provides support for deep emotional processes like guilt, shame, and childhood trauma, and for those exploring gender identity, neurodiversity, or seeking personal growth amidst challenges like job loss or career transitions. Her flexible, client-led sessions balance space for reflection with gentle guidance, often exploring past experiences to understand their present impact and encouraging creative methods or metaphors to deepen insight. Charlotte is dedicated to fostering an open-ended, trusting relationship, providing encouragement as you reframe problems, develop your own solutions, and gain a clearer understanding of yourself, helping you build a life aligned with your values.

Yvonne Cochrane is a compassionate and integrative therapist dedicated to supporting adults and young adults navigating a wide range of life's complexities, from significant stress and anxiety to the profound experiences of grief and loss. She particularly supports those facing relationship difficulties, considering major life transitions, or exploring deeper issues such as childhood trauma, emotional turmoil, and the impact of past experiences on current trust issues and personal boundaries. Drawing from Person-Centred, Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioural (CBT), and Integrative approaches, Yvonne creates a welcoming space where she flexibly adapts to each client's unique needs, focusing on deep emotional processes and often exploring past experiences to understand their present impact. Clients can expect an open-ended therapeutic journey, balanced with guidance where she helps reframe problems, provides practical tools, and encourages finding individual solutions, always with praise and encouragement for their progress. While exploring the profound influence of the past, Yvonne also works with present concerns like low self-esteem, communication issues, and career challenges, offering strategies to build resilience and prevent recurrence. She is experienced in supporting diverse groups including students, older adults, parents, and those facing financial stress or job transitions, recognizing the unique challenges each brings. Ultimately, Yvonne's aim is to foster a safe environment for self-reflection and personal growth, helping clients gain insight, process intense emotions like guilt and shame, and develop healthier romantic and family relationships.

Erin Thompson is an integrative counselling psychotherapist dedicated to supporting all adults in navigating life's complexities. She offers a warm, confidential, and empowering space to address a broad spectrum of issues, including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, and relational challenges. Her expertise extends to childhood and past trauma, stress, mood disorders, personal boundaries, neurodiversity, and career transitions, among many other individual concerns. Utilizing her comprehensive training in Integrative, Cognitive Behavioural (CBT), and Person-Centred therapies, Erin skillfully balances providing structure and guidance with allowing clients to lead their sessions. She emphasizes deep emotional processing while equipping clients with practical tools, strategies, and resources, often exploring how past experiences shape present challenges and offering homework to support progress. Erin is particularly adept at working with diverse groups such as career-focused professionals, students, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those managing mental health diagnoses or neurodiversity. In your journey together, you can expect a flexible and collaborative approach where she tracks progress, provides encouragement, and helps reframe problems, fostering resilience and offering solutions for lasting change.

Davina offers a caring and supportive therapeutic space, particularly for individuals navigating experiences of abuse, trauma, and complex relationship challenges. She works deeply with clients grappling with profound issues such as guilt, shame, various forms of violence and abuse, childhood and past trauma, struggles with racial and cultural identity, and difficulties in romantic relationships. Utilising an integrative approach, Davina expertly blends Psychodynamic, Person-Centred, and Trauma Therapy to explore both past experiences and their present-day impact, while adapting flexibly to each client's unique needs. Her practice is particularly inclusive, resonating with a diverse range of individuals including LGBTQ+ people, older adults, students, young adults, immigrants, expats, parents, caregivers, and especially those from ethnic and cultural communities, and survivors of abuse and violence. Clients can expect a balanced approach where she provides space for deep reflection on emotional processes and experiences, coupled with thoughtful guidance. Davina helps clients reframe problems from new perspectives, sometimes using challenging questions to foster deeper insight and understanding. Through this collaborative work, her aim is to empower individuals to build a better understanding of themselves and find clarity about what they truly want in life.

Candy is an experienced therapist dedicated to supporting both adults and young people (aged 11-25) through a range of life's complexities. She specializes in addressing deep-seated anxiety, fostering self-reflection and personal growth, and building robust self-esteem, while also expertly navigating issues of racial and cultural identity. Her practice further focuses on enhancing communication and conflict resolution, alongside broader concerns such as depression, loneliness, and stress. Utilizing an integrative approach that blends Person-Centred and Psychodynamic therapies, Candy flexibly adapts each session to your unique needs, allowing you to lead while she focuses on deep emotional processes and experiences. She excels at helping individuals reframe challenges and gain new perspectives, drawing from a 'mix methods' approach to create a truly personalized journey. Candy frequently supports career-focused professionals, students, young adults, immigrants, expats, and individuals from diverse ethnic and cultural communities, understanding the unique pressures and experiences within these groups. Clients can expect a collaborative and empathetic space where they are truly seen, heard, and empowered to connect with their authentic selves and navigate their path forward.

Louise is a compassionate and grounded Person-Centred therapist, dedicated to supporting individuals through profound life challenges such as stress, anxiety, pervasive loneliness, unresolved grief, and the search for meaning and purpose. She possesses specific expertise in empowering women diagnosed with Autism or ADHD later in life, guiding clients through neurodivergence burnout, and addressing the intricate dynamics of relationship difficulties, including step and blended family challenges. In her client-led sessions, Louise fosters an open-ended space for deep exploration of present concerns and emotional processes, always adapting flexibly to your unique needs. She attentively brings awareness to body language, helps you reframe problems from fresh perspectives, and consistently tracks progress while encouraging you to discover your own solutions. With Louise, you will build robust support networks in daily life, gaining clarity and self-awareness. Her approach empowers you to reconnect with your core values and make decisions that truly align with your authentic self, all within a safe, genuine, and respectful therapeutic relationship.

Natalie Wood is an experienced integrative therapist who cultivates a warm, thoughtful, and collaborative space where clients can explore their inner world and external experiences. She often works with thoughtful, reflective adults who may outwardly cope well but feel anxious, stuck, disconnected, or uncertain about their path forward. Natalie supports a broad spectrum of concerns, including anxiety, relationship difficulties, gender and racial identity, ADHD, neurodiversity, childhood trauma, loss of meaning, low self-esteem, and significant life transitions like grief or career changes. Her approach is deeply focused on emotional processes and understanding how past experiences impact the present, adapting flexibly to each client's unique needs in open-ended therapy. Natalie provides a non-judgemental environment where clients are encouraged to lead their sessions, offering praise, encouragement, and a compassionate lens to reframe problems and discover their own solutions. She welcomes individuals from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTQ+ people, neurodiverse individuals, students, new parents, and career professionals, helping them navigate life's complexities with greater clarity and authenticity.