You understand what happened.
And yet your body still reacts as though it is happening now.
The anxiety.
The hypervigilance.
The self-doubt.
The tendency to slip back into familiar patterns, even when part of you knows better.
Healing rarely happens all at once.
For many women, it happens gradually - session by session, insight by insight, nervous system shift by nervous system shift.
These 90-minute sessions provide the space for that process to unfold.
Not everything needs an intensive.
Some clients arrive in the middle of a difficult relationship.
Some are navigating ongoing family dynamics.
Some simply know they want a slower pace, with time to reflect, integrate, and apply what emerges between sessions.
Where an intensive creates concentrated space for deep work, ongoing sessions provide steady support for the longer journey of recovery.
Many clients find that meaningful change happens not only inside sessions, but in the weeks between them - as new boundaries are tested, old patterns become visible, and self-trust gradually strengthens.
Both approaches work.
The question is not which is better.
It is which is better for you right now.
Standard 50-minute sessions often feel like they are just beginning to open something when it is already time to stop.
90 minutes creates a different experience.
Your nervous system has time to settle before deeper processing begins. There is space for the work to unfold, and time to regulate and integrate before returning to everyday life - allowing Brainspotting, somatic work, and parts-informed therapy to unfold naturally, without rushing toward a close.
You don't need to arrive with an agenda or the right words. Some people come knowing exactly what feels present. Others only discover what is there once their nervous system begins to settle.
Both are completely fine.
We work gently with whatever emerges - through Brainspotting, parts-informed therapy, nervous system regulation, and somatic approaches. Always collaboratively, always at the pace your system is ready for.
Some sessions feel quiet and spacious, as though something inside you is finally exhaling. Others bring forward emotions or protective parts that have been held beneath the surface for a long time.
Healing often happens more quietly than people expect.
Clients often describe:
🌿 "I liked that there was no set agenda. I turned up as myself each time and we worked with whatever came up that day. Sometimes I knew what I wanted to talk about - other times it just came up once we got started."
- Client experience
There is no right way to heal. What matters is finding an approach that feels safe enough for your system to actually stay with.
These sessions are longer by design - because the work we're doing here needs room to settle, not just begin.
Available weekly or fortnightly, tailored to what feels most supportive for you.
Payment is made prior to each session via bank transfer, Stripe, credit or debit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
Please reach me via the contact form if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Standard counselling sessions are 50 minutes. That is long enough to begin getting somewhere - but often not long enough to arrive, integrate, and close before the session ends. 90 minutes gives your nervous system time to settle before the work begins, space to go somewhere deeper, and room to begin integrating before you leave.
When what you are working with lives in the body and the nervous system, that extra space is not a luxury. It is part of how the work actually works.
This depends entirely on what you are carrying and what your nervous system is ready for. Some people notice significant shifts within a handful of sessions. Others benefit from longer-term work over months. We will talk about this in our initial consultation - and it is always something we can review together as we go. There is no fixed programme and no pressure to commit to a number upfront.
Completely. You do not need an agenda. You do not need the right words or a clear sense of what you want to work on. We start wherever you are, with whatever you bring, however formed or unformed it is. Often the most important material emerges not from what is prepared but from what arises once you are in the space.
Whilst I will guide you through the Brainspotting process, my role is not to direct your decisions or tell you what your life should look like. It is to help you find your own clarity, your own knowing, your own sense of what is true for you. The work is yours. I simply hold the space and the process.
90-minute sessions tend to suit those who are earlier in their recovery, who need ongoing containment and support alongside everyday life, or whose nervous system works better with gradual rather than concentrated processing.
An intensive tends to suit those who have already have some understanding and are ready for something more concentrated, who want to move something significant in a focused, held space.
If you are unsure, the clarity call is the ideal place to explore this together.
Yes - and for the same reasons as with the intensives. Working from your own home means you are in a familiar, safe environment, which supports nervous system regulation rather than adding the additional stress of travel and unfamiliar spaces. The therapeutic relationship and the Brainspotting process translate fully to an online setting.
Many clients specifically value the privacy and accessibility of working from home.
We always close a session with care, ensuring you leave feeling settled rather than carrying something half-open back into your day. This is one of the reasons 90 minutes makes a difference. If something significant comes up between sessions, you are always welcome to email me. We can also discuss whether the frequency of sessions needs to adjust to give you more support at a particular stage.

No Longer a Ghost in Your Own Life® is a 197-page relational trauma healing companion for those recovering from narcissistic abuse and relational harm.
Many clients find it a meaningful way to start before therapy, or to deepen processing in the space between sessions - with somatic practices, nervous system education, and 19 letters written for the layers of this recovery.
It includes a free 57-page sleep companion - When the Nights Are loud.
Most people who contact me are still somewhere in the middle - unsure whether what they experienced was significant enough to deserve support.
It was, and you are.
The clarity call is a gentle, no-pressure conversation - a chance to ask questions, share where you are, and explore whether this feels like the right fit.
🌿 "Brainspotting made a massive difference to my counselling experience and took it to a completely different level"
~ Client experience
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Offering online trauma therapy across the UK, including Weymouth, Dorset and surrounding areas.
Specialising in relational trauma, narcissistic abuse recovery, and betrayal trauma — through the body, not just the mind.
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