Hello, I’m Terri
I’m a fully qualified and registered person-centred and integrative counsellor, offering a warm, compassionate space where you can slow down, feel heard and explore whatever is happening for you, without judgement or pressure.
Alongside my professional training, my work is informed by lived experience, bringing a grounded, human understanding of how complex life can be, whilst recognising that every person’s story is different.
I have a particular interest in neurodivergence, trauma, and addiction.
Above all, I will meet you as a whole person, not as a diagnosis, a behaviour, or a problem to be fixed.
Ask a question or arrange a free initial conversation, with no pressure to book.
You Don't Have to Carry It Alone
We all carry things that can feel heavy. Sometimes it is anxiety, self-doubt, grief, relationship difficulties, trauma, or the weight of past experiences. Sometimes it is a feeling that something is not quite right, even if we cannot put it into words.
Counselling offers a space to slow down, be heard, and explore what is happening beneath the surface. Together, we can make sense of your experiences, understand what you need, and find a way forward that feels right for you.
When Anxiety, Overthinking or Self-Doubt Take Over
You may find yourself constantly worrying, catastrophising, questioning your decisions, or feeling trapped by self-criticism. Counselling can help you understand the fears beneath these patterns and develop a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
When Shame, Guilt or Regret Feel Heavy
Many people carry painful memories, mistakes, or experiences that continue to influence how they see themselves. Therapy provides a space to explore these experiences without judgment, helping you release shame and develop greater self-understanding and acceptance.
When Relationships Feel Difficult
Whether with partners, family, friends, or colleagues, relationship difficulties can leave us feeling hurt, disconnected, overwhelmed, or misunderstood. Together, we can explore relationship patterns, boundaries, attachment experiences, and emotional needs.
When Past Experiences Continue to Affect the Present
Sometimes experiences from childhood, trauma, loss, neglect, abuse, or difficult life events continue to influence how we think, feel, and respond today. Counselling offers a safe space to process these experiences at your own pace.
When You're Not Sure Who You Are Anymore
Life can sometimes leave us disconnected from ourselves. People-pleasing, masking, burnout, caring responsibilities, trauma, or simply years of putting others first can leave us wondering what we need, want, or value. Therapy can support you in reconnecting with yourself and living more authentically.
When Coping Strategies Have Become a Way of Life
Many of us develop ways of coping with difficult emotions, stress, loneliness, grief, or unmet needs. This may include alcohol, substances, food, work, spending, avoidance, perfectionism, or unhealthy relationship patterns. Rather than focusing solely on the behaviour itself, counselling explores what the coping strategy may be protecting you from and the underlying needs it may be masking.
Exploring Neurodivergence
For those living with or exploring ADHD, autism or both, counselling can offer a space to understand experiences such as sensory differences, masking, emotional overwhelm, rejection sensitivity and burnout with curiosity, compassion and acceptance.
A Space to Heal, Reflect and Grow
This is a space to explore, heal, reflect, grieve, grow, forgive, and let go. A space where you do not need to mask, perform, or become someone else in order to be accepted.
Healing often begins with a safe human connection. By working relationally, intuitively, and with compassion, counselling can support greater self-awareness, emotional freedom, and a renewed sense of meaning, identity, and inner stability.
You do not have to walk the path alone.
What to expect from your session
Taking the first step into counselling can feel daunting, especially if you have never attended therapy before. There is no expectation to arrive knowing exactly what to talk about or having everything figured out.
Your first session is an opportunity for us to get to know one another, explore what has brought you to counselling, and discuss what you would like from the process. You are free to share as much or as little as feels comfortable.
Each session is guided by what feels most important to you at the time. Some people arrive with a clear focus, whilst others use the space to explore thoughts, feelings, or experiences as they arise. There is no pressure to talk about anything before you are ready.
Counselling is a collaborative process. My role is not to give advice or tell you what to do, but to support you in exploring your experiences, gaining insight, and finding your own way forward.
Above all, sessions provide dedicated time and space for you, away from the demands of everyday life, where your thoughts, feelings, and experiences can be given the attention they deserve.
A Final Thought...
Every thought, feeling, behaviour, and coping strategy has a story.
The ways we respond to life often develop for a reason. They may have helped us stay safe, cope with difficult experiences, manage overwhelming emotions, or navigate challenging relationships. Even when these patterns no longer serve us, they often make sense when viewed in the context of our lives.
Counselling helps you understand what has happened to you, what has shaped you, and what you need moving forward.
By exploring your experiences with compassion and curiosity, the aim is to help you understand yourself more fully, develop greater self-acceptance and move towards a life that feels more aligned with who you are.
You do not need to have the right words or know exactly where to begin. If something here resonates with you, you are welcome to get in touch for a free initial conversation, with no pressure to book.