Attachment and relationships
Our earliest relationships often shape how we experience connection, trust and intimacy throughout life. If we have experienced inconsistency, loss, neglect or difficult relationships, we may find ourselves struggling with closeness, fearing rejection, avoiding vulnerability or repeating patterns that leave us feeling hurt or disconnected. These experiences can affect romantic relationships, friendships, family dynamics and our relationship with ourselves.
Therapy offers a compassionate space to explore these patterns and understand where they may have come from. Through a trusting therapeutic relationship, we can begin to develop greater self-awareness, build healthier ways of relating to others and strengthen our sense of security and self-worth. Every therapist will have their own approach, but the aim is to help us create more fulfilling, authentic and connected relationships.
Meet the Team
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Emma Headley
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Emma works with adults, couples and multiple partner relationships. She specialises in difficulties related to sex, sexuality, shame and relationship trauma.
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Ellie Smale
TRAUMA AND ATTACHMENT THERAPIST
Ellie supports people to understand and find release from limitting thoughts, feelings and beliefs that leave them struggling to feel ok in relationships.
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Alison Green
COUNSELLOR
Alison’s approach is person-centred which means she help you to find your own, individual way forward. She has a special interest in attachment & trauma, working in a trauma-informed way that ensures you feel safe and in control of your post-traumatic recovery.
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Anne Raw
COUNSELLOR
Anne’s approach combines care, listening, empathy and evidence-based techniques to help you talk about what matters most. She works with you so that you better understand your emotions and discover new ways to help you find your footing again.
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Jackie Coombs
PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPIST
Jackie has a wealth of experience supporting people who have suffered from depression, anxiety, relational and relationship issues, and people who are recovering from addiction. She is trained in EMDR, which can treat trauma as well as phobias and other anxiety disorders.
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Imogen Powell
INTEGRATIVE THERAPIST
Imogen believes that all human beings have the potential to experience personal peace despite the cards they were dealt with at birth and/or through their lives. She has a bredth of experience supporting people of all ages and situations.
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Rebecca Neale
PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPIST
Rebecca has a wealth of experience and training in psychodynamic therapies, understanding how people’s experiences influence the way they think, feel, and behave. She has paerticular experience working with mothers and young children.
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Ciaran Febers
INTEGRATIVE THERAPIST
As an integrative therapist, Ciaran’s approach is influenced by a range of therapeutic approaches. He draws on elements of transactional analysis, psychodynamic theory, and cognitive behavioural therapy whilst seeing therapu as something he develop together with clients.