Fees & Services
What I Offer
You don’t need a diagnosis to reach out. If something feels “off” or hard to carry, even if you can’t name it, therapy can help.
I work with adults, (18+), and also welcome adolescents aged 16 and over. I do not currently offer counselling to children under 16 or work with families. While I don’t specialise in LGBTQIA+ or neurodiversity-specific issues, I warmly welcome clients from these communities seeking support with grief, trauma, or emotional challenges. Please note, I don’t currently offer counselling for active addiction, eating disorders or experiences involving acute psychosis or significant risk to self or others. If you’re seeking support with these challenges, you’ll find links to specialist services on my Resources page.
Session Information
Sessions are typically weekly but flexible depending on your needs.
Sessions are available Monday–Friday, with evening slots by arrangement.
Groups run for four weeks with up to 10 participants, meeting once a week for a 90-minute online session. Themes vary. Check the blog for topics like workplace stress, performance nerves in theatre, and self-advocacy in disability.
1-to-1 Counselling available via Zoom, FaceTime, phone, or text-based messaging, whichever feels most accessible and comfortable for you. Text-based sessions can be conducted either in real-time (via Zoom chat) or asynchronously over email, we’ll agree on the format that works best for you. You may find this especially helpful if you have hearing loss, dual sensory loss, or a disability that makes writing more accessible than speaking.
Fees and Services
£40
£50
(ideal for more intensive work like exposure therapy)
£60
£60
£70
£15
(per person, per hour)
I occasionally run free online mental health information sessions. Upcoming topics are also listed on my blog.
Available for students, people on low incomes, or those receiving benefits. Please get in touch if this applies to you.
I offer a sliding scale to ensure counselling remains accessible, with fees adjusted according to income, benefits, or other personal circumstances.
In addition, a fixed block booking discount is available: for every two sessions booked and paid for in advance, the per-session fee decreases by £2, up to a maximum of ten sessions. This applies only when the full block has been prepaid and is separate from the sliding scale.
Block booking discounts are available for one-to-one clients and do not apply to group work, which is structured differently.
There’s also the option to ‘pay it forward’. Clients able to do so are welcome, if they wish, to add a little extra toward supporting lower-cost sessions for others.
Crisis Support & Limitations
I do not provide emergency or crisis intervention. If you're in immediate danger or feel at risk, please visit the Resources page for trusted organisations offering 24/7 crisis help. If we’re already working together, I’ll do my best to offer extra support during difficult times. Sessions are flexible and responsive to your needs, but not designed for urgent, on demand support.
Cancellations and Attendance
Sessions will not go ahead if:
Contract Walkthrough
If you're wondering what therapy with me might involve, this 20-minute video gently walks you through my counselling contract and how I work. Take it at your own pace.
I help with:
Grief and Loss
Whether you’re grieving someone close, or experiencing the unique pain of losing a beloved pet or working animal, this is a space to process your loss in your own way.
See Grief Counselling for more on support with baby loss, suicide bereavement, or sudden deaths.
Depression
Feeling low, disconnected or stuck? Therapy helps explore what's beneath the surface and reconnect with what matters, especially if you're navigating burnout, caregiving stress or emotional exhaustion.
Anxiety, Stress and Phobias
I specialise in medical and dental phobia, and also support those dealing with general anxiety, panic or other specific fears. My approach helps reduce distress and build a sense of safety in daily life.
When appropriate, I offer graded exposure work, though I generally favour memory consolidation; helping fear-based memories lose their charge so they become ordinary, manageable memories like any other.
Mental Health in the Arts
I support performers navigating the emotional toll of working in high-pressure, often unpredictable environments. The performing arts can be deeply fulfilling, but also isolating, especially when combined with anxiety, burnout, imposter feelings or the mental health impact of a cutthroat industry. Therapy offers a steady space to reconnect with identity, purpose and resilience beyond the next audition or review.
Historical Abuse
If you're in a stable enough place to reflect on past abuse: emotional, sexual, physical, psychological or financial, therapy can help rebuild safety, identity and choice. If you’re currently in an unsafe situation, you’ll find links to specialist organisations and charities on my Resources page. You’re not alone and you can reach out for support, prioritising your immediate safety.
Disability
As a blind counsellor, I understand how disability can shape daily life. Whether it is a physical or sensory disability, something new or part of your life for years, therapy offers a space to talk about identity, frustration, pride, or access, without needing to explain yourself. You may feel completely fine about your disability but want support with something else. Or you may have been turned away by therapists who were unsure how to work accessibly. I bring over 30 years of lived experience and self-advocacy to this space.
If your experience includes sight loss, you might find additional support in my dedicated Sight Loss Counselling service. For broader accessibility and identity exploration, visit my Disability page.
Couples and Inclusive Relationships
I also support couples and inclusive relationships navigating the unique challenges arising when disability, chronic illness, or caregiving become part of their shared life. Whether these challenges are new or have been ongoing for years, relationship counselling can help partners distinguish between the ordinary complexities of relationships and the specific impacts of health changes.
Together, we explore connection, communication, and intimacy, helping you build balance and understanding across the full landscape of your relationship.
Trauma and Long-Term Impact
Trauma doesn’t always come from a single event. Ongoing or repeated harm, especially in childhood or close relationships, can shape emotions, boundaries, and your sense of safety. Many people experience lasting effects such as heightened alertness, intrusive memories, or difficulty trusting themselves or others. Women often face additional challenges around trauma including pressures from societal roles, relationship dynamics, and experiences deeply affecting identity and wellbeing. I work gently and collaboratively, supporting you to cultivate stability and confidence, helping you engage with life on your own terms.
Chronic Pain and the Weight of Ongoing Health Issues
Living with ongoing or invisible physical symptoms can be emotionally exhausting. It may affect identity, mood, relationships, and access to support. I work with clients navigating conditions like fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain, and other complex experiences of bodily distress, including those without a clear medical explanation, especially where these intersect with medical trauma, disability, or feeling disbelieved or overlooked by medical professionals.
Grief can also amplify existing symptoms or create new physical responses, making things feel more intense or harder to manage. Counselling offers space to explore frustration, grief, adaptation, and how to live a meaningful life without needing to justify or minimise your experience.
Alongside my counselling work, I bring years of professional experience in the pain support field through helpline work at Pain Concern, and a deep understanding of the emotional toll persistent symptoms can carry.
Suicidal Thoughts
Suicidal thoughts often reflect deep, ongoing pain, not a failure or weakness. This is a space where you can speak openly about those thoughts without fear or judgment. Together, we explore the underlying causes and work toward safety, clarity, and finding ways forward. You’re not alone here. I also offer a downloadable suicide safety plan.
Not Sure Where to Start?
If you’ve seen something here that speaks to your experience, I’d be glad to talk more. You're welcome to get in touch with a question or to arrange a free initial call, no pressure to decide right away.