Psychotherapy and Counselling
Therapy
Therapy at One Degree offers a dedicated space to pause and reflect on what is happening in your life, relationships, and inner world. People come to therapy for many reasons, sometimes with a clear difficulty, and sometimes with a sense that something feels stuck, confusing, or hard to name.
The focus of the work is on developing understanding rather than offering advice or quick solutions. Therapy creates space to explore experiences, emotional responses, and patterns with care and curiosity.
What Is Therapy Like?
Sessions are conversational and reflective, shaped by what you bring and what feels most relevant at the time. There is no set agenda and no expectation to arrive knowing exactly what you want to talk about.
Therapy is adapted to the individual rather than following a fixed structure. Some sessions may feel exploratory, others more focused, depending on what is emerging and what feels manageable. The pace of the work is agreed together, with attention to safety, capacity, and choice.
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Therapy can sometimes feel daunting, particularly at the beginning. The work does not involve doing everything at once, but unfolds gradually, with attention to what feels manageable and safe at each stage. Often, it is small, thoughtful shifts in understanding, perspective, or response that create the conditions for more meaningful and lasting change.
Making Sense Of Where You Are
​​Life has a way of nudging us in directions we didn’t consciously choose. Over time, it’s easy to find ourselves living with expectations, coping strategies, or internal pressures that once helped us make sense of the world but no longer feel aligned.
Therapy offers space to slow things down and look more carefully at what has been learned, adapted to, or carried over through experience. Together, we can gently explore the layers that build up over time - the roles, patterns, and “shoulds” that shape how you relate to yourself and others and begin to see more clearly what sits underneath.
This work isn’t about becoming someone else. It’s about understanding yourself more honestly, loosening what no longer fits, and creating space for meaningful change through greater awareness and choice.
Attachment, Relationships and Patterns
I support adults who want to explore how past experiences and attachment patterns shape current interpersonal relationships and experiences of parenting, creating space for deeper understanding, agency, and choice. Much of the work involves understanding how past experiences particularly within early relationships can shape how we relate to ourselves and others in the present.
Therapy offers space to explore recurring patterns, relational dynamics, and ways of coping that may no longer feel aligned. By bringing awareness to these processes, it becomes possible to respond with greater choice and self-understanding over time.
When Therapy May Be Helpful
I work with people experiencing a range of emotional and psychological challenges.
People seek therapy for a wide range of reasons, and we work with many challenges including:
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Anxiety, low mood, or emotional overwhelm
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Trauma and the impact of past experiences
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Relationship or interpersonal difficulties
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Work related stress
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Attachment and developmental patterns
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Identity questions or sense of self
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Parenting-related reflection and understanding patterns
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Life transitions, loss, or periods of uncertainty
You do not need to fit a particular label, diagnosis, or category to begin therapy.
A Trauma-Informed and Neuro-Accepting Framework
All work is underpinned by a trauma-informed approach, with careful attention to pacing, emotional safety, and consent. Therapy unfolds in a way that respects the nervous system and individual capacity.
The work is also neuro-accepting, meaning therapy is shaped around different ways of thinking, processing, and communicating, rather than expecting people to fit a fixed therapeutic model.
Practical Details & Fees
Sessions are 50 minutes. Therapy often takes place weekly, though session frequency can be discussed and adjusted where appropriate to suit individual needs and circumstances.
Therapy may be short-term or open-ended, depending on what feels most helpful.
Sessions are mostly offered online, with some in-person availability.
The standard fee for individual therapy is £65 per session.
A limited number of reduced-fee spaces may be available depending on circumstances and current availability. Fees and practical details can be discussed further when making contact.
Next Steps
Finding the right therapist can feel difficult. Alongside qualifications and experience, the work often relies on whether there is a sense of connection and trust, something that can’t always be known from a website alone.
If you are considering therapy, you’re welcome to get in touch to arrange a brief initial conversation. This offers space to talk a little about what has brought you here, ask questions, and get a sense of whether working together feels like a good fit.
These conversations are offered at no cost and usually last around 15 - 20 minutes. There is no obligation to continue beyond this stage. If it feels that working together is not the right fit, I will help you consider other sources of support where possible.
