Attachment Trauma Specialist
When it comes to healing trauma, I think something important often gets missed. Real, lasting change doesn’t come from trying to override what you feel or pushing yourself to be different. It comes from gently repairing what was disrupted earlier on – your attachment system.
If you grew up with emotional neglect, inconsistency, or unmet needs, you may now find yourself feeling stuck in patterns that don’t make sense on the surface. This can show up as anxiety, low self-worth, rumination, or repeating unhealthy relationships. You might look like you’re coping, but inside feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure who you are.
As a psychotherapist, my work focuses on these deeper layers – the attachment issues and childhood wounds that often sit underneath depression, anxiety, emotional overwhelm and harmful coping mechanisms.
Working with your nervous system, not against it
In our talk therapy sessions, we don’t rush or force anything. I work in a person centred way, which means we go at your pace, with care and curiosity.
Alongside this, I integrate Lifespan Integration, parts work, creative interventions and body based approaches such as somatic therapy and nervous system regulation. This allows us to work not just with your thoughts, but with how your experiences are held in your body.
You don’t have to relive everything to heal it. We stay within a manageable, steady place so your system doesn’t become overwhelmed. This is often where real insight and change can begin – when your body starts to recognise that the past is over.
Healing patterns at the root
Often, the patterns you’re struggling with now made sense at an earlier point in your life. Perhaps you learned to prioritise others, to stay small in relationships, or to disconnect from your own needs.
In our work, we gently begin to understand and shift these patterns. This might include working with different parts of you, building awareness of your internal responses, and developing a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
Over time, this can help reduce feelings of being stuck, ease regret and rumination, and support you to feel more grounded and confident in your relationships.
A steady, collaborative process
I offer a calm, non-judgemental space where you can speak openly and be met with understanding. We work together – I’m alongside you in the process, not pushing you ahead of where you’re ready to go.
My experience includes working with complex trauma and CPTSD, and I bring an attachment-informed, relational approach to our sessions.
Change doesn’t come from forcing yourself to be someone else. It comes from feeling safe enough to be who you are – and allowing things to shift from there.