Individual psychotherapy and relationship therapy in Bristol
I’m a Bristol-based psychotherapist with over 25 years’ experience, working with individuals and couples to create more clarity, connection and ease in their lives. My office is near College Green.
If something in your life or relationship isn’t working …
If something in your life or relationship isn’t working – whether that’s anxiety, low mood, disconnection, a sense of being stuck – therapy can help you understand what’s going on and begin to change it.
I’m a Bristol-based psychotherapist with over 25 years’ experience, working with individuals and couples to create more clarity, connection and ease in their lives. My office is near College Green.
Arrange a no-charge, no-obligation half-hour initial meeting.
You don’t need a specific issue to begin
You don’t need to arrive with a clearly defined problem. For many people, it simply starts with a feeling that something isn’t right – that life feels difficult, painful, or stuck in a repeating pattern.
You may not know what needs to change yet. That’s something we can explore together.
I work with some clients for a few sessions, and others longer term. We can talk through what feels right for you in a no-charge, no-obligation initial meeting.
How I can help
Individual psychotherapy
Support for anxiety, depression, low self-worth, life transitions, and patterns that feel difficult to change. Find out more about individual therapy.
Relationship therapy
Help with communication difficulties, emotional distance, recurring conflict, and rebuilding connection and intimacy. Find out more about relationship therapy.
If you’re unsure which is right for you, we can discuss this together in an initial meeting – this has no charge and no obligation.
My approach
I’ve been a therapist for 25 years and a seeker my whole life, exploring a wide range of therapeutic approaches, personal development work, and meditation practices.
From that experience, I’ve learned that no single method is complete in itself. People need different things at different times. My work is integrative – drawing on a range of approaches, guided by what is most helpful for you.
At heart, therapy is a human process. Techniques matter, but what truly creates change is helping you reconnect with your own underlying strengths and capacities.
I believe the best in people
I believe that the qualities we most need – strength, clarity, love, inner peace – are already present, even when they feel distant or hidden. Therapy is about creating the conditions where those qualities can be recognised, trusted, and brought back into your life.
Read more about how I work. Explore therapy approaches and resources.
Starting therapy
You don’t need to know exactly what you’re looking for, or how long you want to come for.
A first step is simply a conversation.
Book a half-hour no-charge, no-obligation initial meeting.
Fees, location, office hours, parking …
For fees, working hours and location, parking and all practical questions, please see the FAQs on the Fees page.
Some individual psychotherapy issues
Depressed ● Feeling anxious ● Part of life isn’t working ● Feeling no good / not enough ● Recurrently unhappy ● Trauma ● Conflict with your family ● Painful loss ● Feeling an imposter ● Fearing rejection ● Feeling lost ● Your life feels meaningless ● Divorce/separation ● Can’t find your next step ● Can’t make your next step ● Being a parent ● In a major transition ● Fear of being alone ● Negative thinking you can’t stop ● You feel you can’t cope ● Conflicts with your partner ● Repeating relationship patterns ● Painful breakup ● Feeling shame ● Blocked by fear ● Can’t say No ● You are overwhelmed ● Something’s wrong but you can’t put into words what it is ● You just need to talk to someone without being judged
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
– Buddha
Some couples therapy issues
Can’t communicate ● Fights repeat like a video loop ● Lack of emotional connection ● Can’t face the past ● Can’t let go of the past ● Infidelity ● Loss of trust ● Unbalanced workloads ● Need to be alone but then your partner feels abandoned ● Need to be close but partner focuses on things they do alone ● Anger – yours, your partner’s or both ● Words that wound ● Either avoid difficult conversation or insist difficult conversations happen right now ● Afraid of having needs ● Afraid of expressing needs ● Unable to recognise needs ● Resentment over support with young children ● Afraid/unable to set boundaries ● Saying Yes when you’d rather say No ● Not feeling a team ● Your contribution isn’t valued ● Blame ● The other person making you responsible for their hurt, or you them ● Saying wounding things ● Lack of sexual intimacy ● One person not getting their sexual needs met ● Power struggles ● Feeling emotionally powerless ● Different views of parenting ● Jealousy ● Feeling unworthy ● Feeling unlovable ● Unsure about the future ● Coping with major life events including illness ● Stress from having toddlers (common) ● Stress from doing a house conversion (also common!) ● Simply cannot understand each other
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
– Mark Twain
Useful resources
Snuggle up, talk about films, save your marriage
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The barefoot stress counsellor: a solution-oriented self-help tool
This is a good self-help technique which is different and effective. Its a series of…
The Red Flag couples self-help exercise
If you both do it, the Red Flag exercise can cut through fights and save…