Counselling for when life feels heavy

A space to pause, feel, and begin again.

Counselling in Exeter and online for life transitions, anxiety, overwhelm and low self-worth.

If you’re someone who feels deeply, thinks deeply, or has spent a long time holding everything together, counselling can offer a space to slow down and turn towards what you need.

Together, we can explore what’s happening beneath the surface, understand the patterns that may be keeping you stuck, and help you reconnect with yourself, building greater understanding, confidence and trust in yourself along the way.

You don’t need to have it all figured out. You can begin exactly where you are.

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Sometimes there isn’t one clear reason for seeking counselling. You may simply know that you don’t quite feel like yourself, that the ways you usually cope aren’t working anymore, or that something needs to change. 

Perhaps...

• Life has changed, or is changing, and you’re trying to find your footing within it.
• Your mind rarely switches off and you find yourself overthinking, worrying or second guessing yourself.
• You’ve been holding everything together for a long time, but underneath you feel overwhelmed or emotionally exhausted.
• You’re hard on yourself, put other people’s needs before your own, or struggle to believe that your needs matter too.
• Relationships leave you questioning yourself, repeating familiar patterns or struggling to express what you really need.
• You feel low, disconnected or stuck, and perhaps can’t quite explain why.
• You experience things deeply and sometimes wonder why life seems to affect you more intensely than it does other people.

Whatever has brought you here, you don’t need to fit neatly into a category. We can begin by exploring how things feel for you right now.

I have a particular interest in supporting Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) and those who experience the world with depth and intensity.

If you’ve spent much of your life feeling “too sensitive”, becoming easily overwhelmed, absorbing what’s happening around you or wondering why things seem to affect you so deeply, counselling can offer a space to understand your sensitivity differently.

Sensitivity isn’t something to fix - it’s something we can learn to understand, honour and work with.