Therapy sessions run for 1 hour or 1.5 hours (depending on your needs/preferences) which include 5 minutes at each end to, first, settle in gently and, after, to aid a contained, grounded finish.
Weekly sessions at the same time and day each week are recommended because the routine anchors the commitment to yourself and helps build an important boundary and safe space around your therapy sessions. Sessions are bespoke and continuously co-created between us, depending on what you wish to work towards within the therapeutic relationship.
During your first assessment session we will decide on an opening Therapeutic Contract and start to determine a focus for our work together; sometimes it is helpful to establish a time frame but nothing is fixed or rigid, we work collaboratively throughout.
I offer 1:1 talk therapy sessions in-person, in nature and online, as well as "sew-co-therapy" sessions in-person, either 1:1 or in small groups of four. See below for more details...
Take the first step towards your empowered future self by honouring your need for support at this time.
Let's work together. Contact me via email or WhatsApp today to schedule a 1 hour introductory assessment session on Zoom.
This therapy session offers a one-to-one talk therapy approach where you will have the opportunity to sit comfortably in my cozy armchairs in a homely environment with a hot drink and speak face to face about your current and previous challenges, explore your ways of relating to yourself and others, reflect on patterns of behaviour and choices that might be limiting your full expression, and gently unearth your desired changes so that together we can identify, utilise and develop the tools and resources that bring healing and cultivate your sense of agency and autonomy.
This unique therapy session offers a creativity-based approach to exploring your story and working with mental health challenges, using machine-sewing as a medium for co-creative connection, physical and mental engagement, and personal development.
Machine-sewing can provide many metaphorical gifts in the form of challenges that represent other struggles in life as well as successes that represent growth and healing. Beginners to experienced sewists welcome; machine provided.
This outdoor therapy session offers the opportunity to spend time in nature, to connect to yourself and the environment around you, and speak about your current and previous challenges, patterns of behaviour and choices, and your desired changes in a contemplative space.
Being in nature during your therapy session can help reduce overwhelm from stress, anxiety, depression, and anger, and can leave you feeling more grounded and nourished.
This therapy session offers an online one-to-one talk therapy approach where you will have the opportunity to connect with me via Zoom and speak face to face about your current and previous challenges, explore your ways of relating to yourself and others, reflect on patterns of behaviour and choices that might be limiting your full expression, and gently unearth your desired changes so that together we can identify, utilise and develop the tools and resources that bring healing and cultivate your sense of agency and autonomy.
This unique group therapy offers a creativity-based approach to exploring your story and working with mental health challenges, using machine-sewing as a medium for co-creative connection, physical and mental engagement, and personal development.
Machine-sewing can provide many metaphorical gifts in the form of challenges that represent other struggles in life as well as successes that represent growth and healing. Beginners to experienced sewists welcome; machine provided.
All my therapy session options are naturally Neurodiversity Affirming since Transactional Analysis and the other approaches I bring to your sessions prioritise lived experience, seek to foster a therapeutic relationship based on acceptance and understanding, and recognise you as the expert of yourself.
I respect self-diagnosis, supporting you to define your own experiences, and I believe in a strengths based approach to developmental differences so aim to provide support and adaptations that affirm your neurodivergent identity.
1 hour sessions
1.5 hour sessions
A concessionary rate of £35 per 1 hour session or £52.50 per 1.5 hour session is available if you are experiencing financial hardship or you are a full time student. I offer up to 3 concessionary rate client spaces at one time, and the concessionary rate is agreed for up to 6 month periods at a time depending on individual circumstances.
CANCELLATION
HOLIDAYS
For the weeks where you or I are on planned holidays, these will be agreed a minimum of 7 days in advance, and no fee will be due.
Please note, my home workspace is not pet-free. I have an enthusiastic large black Labrador dog and two wayward cats, and those pets will be around during your session. In-person sessions therefore include an opportunity to pet the pets which can help regulate your nervous system. During online sessions, my dog does occasionally bark if anyone knocks on the front door, and one cat in particular likes to climb around in the background when I am on Zoom!
Please also be aware that - for in-person sessions - whilst I can provide a clean and private therapy room to hold your session in, the rest of the house is the home I share with my two adult daughters, so the bathroom and kitchen are shared areas. You are welcome to use our family bathroom but, if you’d prefer, there is a public toilet at the BP petrol station 0.4 miles away (perfect to pause at on the way in and/or out of Penrhyncoch).