Process the experiences that shaped you, with a BACP accredited, EMDR-trained therapist who understands how childhood echoes into adulthood.
This page is for adults who are starting to recognise that some of what they are dealing with now does not really begin now. The anxiety, the relationship patterns, the inner critic that never lets up, the body that will not relax, the sense of being too much or not enough — for many people, the roots of these reach back further than the present circumstances explain.
You do not need to have a clearly traumatic story to belong here. Some childhoods leave a mark through what was done. Others leave a mark through what was missing, or through years of low-level fear, instability, or emotional absence. Both can shape an adult life in lasting ways, and both deserve careful, skilled work.
I am a BACP accredited counsellor and trained EMDR practitioner. My approach to childhood trauma is integrative and paced. We do not start by going straight into the painful material. We start by understanding how trauma is showing up in your life now, building stabilisation skills, and making sure the work feels safe enough to be useful.
From there, depending on what you bring, we may use EMDR to process specific events or themes, IFS-informed parts work to understand the inner protective strategies that developed in childhood, psychodynamic exploration to make sense of relational patterns, and nervous-system-informed approaches to help your body learn that the danger is no longer present.
The aim is not to dwell in the past. It is to release the grip the past still has on the present, so you can live in your current life rather than through the lens of an old one.
The first few sessions focus on understanding your history, your current life, and what you want this work to do for you. We move into deeper processing only when there is enough stability and trust in place. The pace is yours: some weeks we go further, some weeks we consolidate. Trauma work is rarely linear, and that is normal.
Sessions are 50 minutes and cost £70. They take place online across the UK via a secure video platform, which many clients find helpful for trauma work because they can stay in their own safe environment. There is also a free 15-minute consultation if you would like to ask questions first.
Childhood trauma is any experience that overwhelmed your capacity to cope as a child, especially when there was no adult who could help you process it. That includes obvious things like abuse, neglect, loss or violence, but it also includes more hidden experiences such as growing up around addiction, mental illness, chronic conflict, or emotional unavailability.
No. Trauma is held in the body and the nervous system, not just in conscious memory. We work with what surfaces, with what is happening in the present, and with the patterns that show up in your life now. You do not need a full chronological account of your childhood for the work to be effective.
Yes, when it is done carefully. We move at a pace that keeps you within your window of tolerance, and we build the foundations of safety and stabilisation before doing any deeper processing. Many clients actually find it easier to do trauma work from the safety of their own home.
It varies. Some clients work with one specific event using EMDR over a focused period of weeks. Others have layers of complex developmental trauma and work over a longer arc. We discuss what is realistic for your situation in the early sessions, and review regularly.
Sessions are 50 minutes and cost £70, online via secure video. There is a free 15-minute consultation if you would like to ask questions before booking.
The past cannot be changed, but its grip on your present can be. Book a session and we will start somewhere that feels manageable.
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