Hello, I'm Fiona
And I'm here to tell you that therapy can offer something different: a place where your way of experiencing the world is taken seriously and where you don't have to pretend to be someone you're not.

My Story
 

I have always been fascinated by people — by the different ways we experience the world, the stories we carry with us and the ways we can change and grow, sometimes in ways we never expected.

I became a therapist because I believe that being genuinely listened to can be transformative.

Not judged. Not analysed. Not told what you should be doing.

Simply having another person alongside you who is willing to listen carefully, think deeply with you and try to understand your experience can create the space for something new to emerge.

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How I work

My foundation is person-centred therapy. This means that I don't arrive with a formula for who you should become or a set of boxes you need to tick.

You are the expert in your own life.

My role is to bring my experience, training and curiosity to our work together, while giving you the freedom to discover what feels right for you.

Although my approach is person-centred, I have trained in a range of therapeutic approaches, including CBT, DBT, EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Transactional Analysis and clinical hypnosis, as well as coaching, consultancy and biography work.

I don't believe that one approach works for everyone. Different people need different things at different times — and sometimes the same person needs something quite different from one session to the next.

So rather than asking you to fit a particular therapy, we can draw on different approaches when they genuinely seem likely to help.

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What this might look like

Sometimes you may need a safe space simply to talk and be heard.

Sometimes it can help to understand the thoughts, feelings and patterns that keep you stuck. At other times, you may want something more practical — developing new ways of responding to difficult situations, understanding relationships differently, processing a painful experience, or finding a way forward when you feel overwhelmed.

We can explore what is happening together and decide what would be most useful.

You can also tell me when something isn't helpful. You can disagree with me. You can change your mind about where we are going.

I want therapy to feel like something we are doing together, rather than something being done to you.

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What you can expect from me

I will take you seriously.

I will listen carefully.

I will be interested in the person behind the problem.

And I will not assume that there is something fundamentally wrong with you that needs to be fixed.

My hope is that, over time, you will not only feel better supported, but understand yourself more deeply and have greater freedom to make choices that are genuinely your own.

You don't have to arrive knowing exactly what you want from therapy.

You can simply arrive as you are, and we can begin there.