Art therapists

Paula Rea is an empathetic integrative therapist, drawing upon key modalities such as Person-Centred, Gestalt, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to create a deeply supportive environment. She works with a diverse group of adults aged 18-80, helping them navigate significant challenges including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, neurodiversity, and complex relationship issues. Paula specializes in profound areas like childhood trauma, stress-related disorders, substantial grief and loss, and mood disorders, always aiming to foster self-reflection and personal growth. Her therapeutic style is flexible and open-ended, balancing guided conversations with client-led exploration, often delving into past experiences to illuminate present impacts while providing practical tools and strategies. Clients consistently feel seen and heard, empowered to make choices that shape their lives, as Paula offers consistent encouragement, collaboratively tracking progress, and reframing problems from new perspectives. She skillfully integrates various methods, utilizes metaphors, and brings awareness to non-verbal cues, while also recommending resources to support their journey. Paula is dedicated to helping clients find their own solutions, build robust support networks, and prevent relapse, ensuring a comprehensive and adaptable therapeutic experience.

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.

Teresa Readhead is an empathetic and approachable therapist dedicated to creating a warm, non-judgmental space for adults navigating life's challenges. She supports individuals grappling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, and significant life transitions, including career changes, relationship difficulties, and age-related crises. Specialising further in neurodiversity, particularly ADHD, and supporting those exploring gender identity or identifying as LGBTQ+, Teresa offers a truly inclusive environment. Her integrative approach flexibly blends Person-Centred Therapy, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, and Psychodynamic techniques, ensuring therapy is tailored to your unique journey. Sessions balance client-led exploration with gentle guidance, focusing on deep emotional processes while also equipping you with practical tools, strategies, and resources for personal growth. Teresa frequently helps clients explore past experiences, reframe present challenges, build robust support networks, and discover their own solutions for lasting positive change. Whether you seek short-term, goal-oriented support or open-ended therapy, she encourages self-reflection, celebrates progress, and may offer optional tasks to empower you on your path.

Georgia is a pluralistic counsellor who expertly adapts her approach to each client's unique needs, offering a warm and non-judgmental space for exploration. She specialises in supporting adults navigating anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and the profound impacts of childhood trauma, violence, and abusive relationships, helping them to address issues like low self-esteem, trust issues, and emotional turmoil. Georgia also provides dedicated support for individuals exploring gender identity, those experiencing grief and loss, or career challenges, as well as parents and caregivers facing life transitions or financial stress. In her sessions, clients can expect a balanced approach where they lead the conversation, while Georgia provides gentle guidance, practical tools, and opportunities to explore both present concerns and past experiences. She fosters deep emotional processing, helps clients reframe problems, and encourages them to discover their own solutions, building a stronger sense of self and stability. Clients often describe her as approachable and understanding, valuing her ability to bring awareness to subtle cues and use metaphors for deeper insight. Georgia is committed to empowering clients to better understand themselves, feel more grounded, and prevent future difficulties by building robust support networks. She works with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTQ+ people, those with mental health diagnoses, and survivors of abuse, ensuring a truly inclusive and adaptive therapeutic journey.

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.

Sahar is a compassionate and highly experienced therapist dedicated to supporting adults as they navigate stress, relationship challenges, and the profound impact of trauma on their emotional and physical well-being. She specializes in addressing complex issues such as childhood and past trauma, violence and abuse (physical, emotional, sexual), abusive relationships, stress-related disorders including PTSD, and psychosomatic disorders. Sahar integrates powerful modalities like Internal Family Systems (IFS), Psychodrama, and dedicated Trauma Therapy, offering a truly integrative approach tailored to each client. She has extensive experience working with diverse client groups, including survivors of abuse and violence, individuals affected by war, persecution, and displacement, immigrants and expats, as well as parents, caregivers, and those living with serious medical conditions. In her sessions, Sahar focuses on deep emotional processes, skillfully using creative methods, metaphors, and body language awareness to foster profound insight and healing. Clients can expect a collaborative space where challenging questions are met with praise and encouragement, helping them reframe problems and discover their own solutions, often with appropriate humor and a focus on building resilience. She is committed to collaborating with other professionals when necessary, ensuring comprehensive and holistic care.

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.

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.

John specialises in guiding clients through deep-seated issues like stress, anxiety, guilt, shame, and the lasting impact of childhood and past trauma. He frequently works with individuals who feel stuck, anxious, or disconnected, often having tried to manage on their own for too long. Utilising a person-centred approach, John balances structured guidance with ample space for deep emotional exploration, ensuring therapy adapts flexibly to your unique needs. He deeply focuses on emotional processes, often delving into past experiences to understand their current impact, and offers open-ended therapy without a fixed timeframe. Expect a rich, human experience where creative methods, guided imagery, and metaphors help you connect mind and body. John is attuned to non-verbal cues and isn't afraid to use humour when appropriate, fostering a genuine and comfortable environment. His practice welcomes a diverse range of individuals, from career-focused professionals and students to new parents, caregivers, survivors of trauma, and those navigating mental health diagnoses or significant life transitions. John creates a profoundly supportive space where you can drop the mask and truly be yourself, offering insight and presence that helps you find clarity and authentic growth.

Amanda is a deeply empathetic psychotherapist dedicated to supporting adults of all ages, teenagers, and children. A significant portion of her practice is devoted to assisting individuals with diagnosed or undiagnosed ADHD and/or autism, though her expertise extends broadly to other complex challenges such as guilt, shame, perfectionism, and procrastination. Embracing an integrative therapeutic philosophy, Amanda skillfully blends psychoanalysis, psychodynamic, existential, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Schema Therapy, and Mindfulness techniques to offer a truly personalized experience. In her sessions, she balances space for deep reflection with expert guidance, consistently exploring past experiences to understand their present impact and focusing on profound emotional processes. Amanda is committed to open-ended therapy, flexibly adapting to each client’s unique needs, and enriching the dialogue with metaphors and appropriate humor. She fosters an encouraging environment, helping clients reframe problems, gain new perspectives, and develop robust tools for long-term wellbeing and relapse prevention. Her practice warmly welcomes diverse client groups, including individuals with neurodiversity, those living with serious medical conditions, students, young adults, parents, caregivers, and older adults.

Leah provides a warm, thoughtful, and deeply human therapy space for adults across all stages of life. Her integrative, existential approach helps clients work through a wide spectrum of concerns — from grief, anxiety, and family conflict to addiction, identity questions, and difficult life transitions. Leah adapts each session to meet the person where they are, blending emotional exploration with practical insight. She frequently works with older adults, students, immigrants, parents, and individuals struggling with substance use — helping each client explore how the past shapes the present and what new paths might now be possible. Leah’s style encourages depth, clarity, and authentic self-discovery, making room for the full complexity of human experience.

Lucy deeply understands the complexities of historical trauma and abuse, mood disorders, substance addictions, and their impact on individuals, including those navigating abusive relationships. She provides a safe and supportive space for clients grappling with these profound challenges, focusing on deep emotional processes and exploring how past experiences shape present concerns. Lucy integrates a wide array of therapeutic modalities, including Coaching, Mindfulness, NLP, Psychodynamic Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), CBT, and Trauma Therapy, adapting flexibly to each client's unique needs. She empowers clients to lead their sessions, offering practical tools and strategies, while also using metaphors and bringing awareness to body language to enhance understanding. Lucy is dedicated to providing praise and encouragement, tracking progress, and helping clients reframe problems from new perspectives, equipping them with tools to prevent relapse and foster lasting healing. Her expertise extends to working with survivors of abuse and violence, people facing addictions, and those with various mental health diagnoses. She offers open-ended therapy, ensuring a comprehensive and compassionate journey towards recovery and growth.

Kay primarily supports adults aged 18 and above, particularly those navigating the profound impacts of childhood and past trauma, including experiences of violence and abuse, and complex grief and loss. She also specialises in working with individuals exploring gender identity, those diagnosed or self-diagnosed with ADHD, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Drawing extensively from person-centred and trauma therapy, Kay provides an open-ended, flexible approach that deeply explores past experiences and their ongoing impact. Her integrative style allows her to adapt flexibly to each client's unique needs, incorporating a rich mix of therapeutic approaches to foster profound healing and personal growth. Clients can expect a dynamic and engaging space where Kay brings awareness to non-verbal cues, uses metaphors to illuminate experiences, and isn't afraid to ask challenging yet supportive questions, often using humour when appropriate. She consistently provides praise and encouragement, helping clients reframe problems, offering tools for relapse prevention, and empowering them to discover their own unique solutions, creating a truly supportive and transformative therapeutic journey.