Frequently Asked Questions

Individual Counselling

• Initial session: £75 A chance to ask questions & get a feel for how I work. Then we can decide if we’re a good fit.

• Ongoing sessions: £150 each

Couples Counselling

• £250 per session

All sessions are 60 minutes long.

I offer a 10% discount when you pay upfront for a full month of sessions.

Weekly or fortnightly sessions work best for most clients. Some prefer monthly sessions depending on their needs and life circumstances.

Everyone’s healing journey is unique. Some clients work with me for 3–6 months, while others stay longer depending on what they want to unpack and heal.

You’re always welcome to return for check-ins or support whenever you need.

I offer online counselling only, via Zoom or phone. I work from home in Bristol alongside my nervous rescue dogs, so in-person sessions aren’t available at this time.

If you’re questioning whether it was abuse, that’s important. Many people minimise their experiences or have been conditioned to doubt their own feelings.

Signs of narcissistic abuse or emotional abuse include:

• Constantly walking on eggshells

• Second-guessing yourself all the time

• Losing your sense of self

• Always being blamed or made to feel like the problem

• Feeling guilty for having needs or saying no

• Experiencing gaslighting — your reality being denied or twisted

• Craving approval from the abuser, even after being hurt

• Feeling responsible for other people’s moods

• Having few clear childhood memories

• Suffering chronic health issues linked to unresolved trauma

I work with:

• Adults and teens struggling in current or past relationships

• Survivors of narcissistic parents or toxic family dynamics

• People unsure if their experience “counts” as abuse

• Those recovering from gaslighting, emotional control, or trauma bonding

• Couples navigating repeating toxic patterns or trauma triggers

Gaslighting is a form of emotional manipulation that makes you doubt your own thoughts, feelings, and memories.

Examples include:

• “That never happened.”

• “You’re too sensitive.”

• “You’re imagining things.”

• “You’re the one with the problem.”

Gaslighting erodes your ability to trust yourself. Therapy helps you start to trust yourself and make sense of the abuse.

Trauma bonding happens when you feel stuck or deeply connected to someone who harms you, often in abusive or toxic relationships.

It’s common with narcissistic abuse, where cycles of love-bombing, control, blame, and intermittent affection keep you hooked.

You might know the relationship is bad for you but feel unable to leave. That’s not weakness — it’s a trauma response, and it can be healed.

Yes. Many people raised in abusive or emotionally unavailable families develop patterns like control, emotional shutdown, people-pleasing, or avoidance.

If you’re willing to be honest and take responsibility, therapy can help you change those patterns without shame or blame.

Absolutely. I support clients exploring no contact, low contact, grey rock, or parallel parenting — whatever fits your situation.

There’s no pressure to choose a specific path. We’ll work through the pros, cons, fears, and fallout together, helping you decide what’s right for you.

Some clients leave the relationship; others stay but change how they engage. The choice is always yours.

That’s incredibly common. Emotional abuse, narcissistic behaviour, and coercive control are often minimised or misunderstood.

If something felt off, confusing, or hurtful, therapy gives you space to explore what happened without being dismissed, invalidated, or gaslit again.

Most clients feel a shift after the very first session, because I get it. You’ll feel believed. And slowly, you’ll find yourself again.