Evidence-based therapy to help you think differently, feel better and live your life more fully.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, is a practical, evidence-based approach that helps you respond differently to difficult thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations.

Rather than trying to push uncomfortable experiences away, ACT helps you notice what is happening, create more space around unhelpful thoughts and feelings, and take meaningful steps towards the things that matter to you.

Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy, or CBH, is an evidence-based approach that combines hypnotherapy with cognitive and behavioural techniques. It can help you practise new ways of responding to thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, or situations, often using hypnosis, therapeutic suggestion, imagery, and mental rehearsal.

Hypnosis in this context is very different from stage hypnosis. You are not asleep, unconscious, or under someone else’s control. It is usually experienced as a focused state of attention, where you remain aware, involved, and able to choose how you respond.

CBH can be particularly helpful when anxiety, stress, pain, habits, sleep difficulties, confidence, or performance anxiety are being maintained by patterns of fear, tension, avoidance, or self-doubt. It gives you a way to rehearse helpful responses in a focused state, so they become easier to access in everyday life.

It can also include self-hypnosis skills, so you have techniques you can continue to practise outside the therapy session.

The most helpful therapy for anxiety depends on how anxiety shows up for you. Cognitive behavioural approaches, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, and Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy can all offer practical ways to understand anxiety and respond to it differently.

In therapy, we look at what is driving your anxiety, how it shows up in your thoughts, body, and behaviour, and what may be keeping it going. This might include worry, overthinking, physical anxiety symptoms, avoidance, panic, social anxiety, self-consciousness, or fear of being judged.

The aim is not just to calm anxiety in the moment, but to help you understand it, respond differently, and build the confidence to live with more freedom and less avoidance.

The most helpful therapy for chronic pain depends on the type of pain you are experiencing and how it is affecting your life. For chronic primary pain, NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, recommends considering Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for pain, when delivered by appropriately trained professionals. Mindfulness also has a strong history in chronic pain work, with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction originally developed in medical settings for people dealing with stress, pain, and illness.

Therapy does not claim to cure pain. Instead, we look at how you respond to pain, what may be increasing the struggle around it, and how to build practical skills that reduce its impact on your life.

Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy can be a valuable part of chronic pain therapy. It can help you develop pain management skills, reduce pain-related fear and tension, and use imagery, mental rehearsal, and self-hypnosis to respond to symptoms with more steadiness and confidence.

Chronic pain is one of my specialist areas, with experience in fibromyalgia research, long-term conditions, and NHS pain management settings. The aim is to help you feel more confident in how you respond to symptoms, and to support you in reconnecting with the parts of life that matter to you.

The most helpful therapy for stress depends on what is creating the pressure, how your body and mind are responding, and what is keeping the cycle going. Relaxation can be helpful, but stress is rarely resolved by relaxation alone, especially when the demands on you are real.

In therapy, we look at your stress response, the patterns that may be maintaining it, and the practical changes that could help you feel more steady and in control. This might include working with overthinking, boundaries, pressure, perfectionism, emotional regulation, habits, and the way stress shows up in your body.

My approach draws on cognitive behavioural techniques, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, and Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy. I also have specialist training in stress management and resilience building, so this work is practical, evidence-based, and focused on helping you respond to life’s demands in a more sustainable way.

The aim is to help you feel calmer, clearer, and more able to cope, without constantly running on empty.

The most helpful therapy for sleep and insomnia depends on what is keeping the difficulty going. Sleep problems can become caught up with anxiety, overthinking, frustration, unhelpful routines, and the pressure to “try harder” to sleep.

In therapy, we look at the patterns that may be maintaining the struggle with sleep. This might include sleep effort, worry, stress responses, clock-watching, frustration around being awake, or the way your mind reacts when sleep does not come.

My approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy, and aspects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia, or CBT-I, which is one of the most researched psychological approaches for sleep difficulties.

Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy can also support sleep work by using focused attention, therapeutic suggestion, imagery, mental rehearsal, and self-hypnosis skills. This can help your mind and body practise settling, letting go of struggle, and responding differently to wakefulness.

The aim is not to force sleep, but to reduce the struggle around it and create better conditions for rest and sleep to happen more naturally.

Therapy packages start from £600 for six sessions, including a 90-minute in-depth assessment. Payment plans are available.

I work through therapy packages because they give us enough time to understand what is happening, begin developing practical skills, and review what is changing over time. Before booking a package, the first step is a free 30-minute consultation, where we can talk through what you need and whether working together feels right.

Yes. I offer online therapy across the UK via Zoom, so you can access support from a private space that feels comfortable for you. Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit around work, family, and everyday life, without travel time or needing to be local.

Alongside sessions, you’ll have access to the Your Mind Works app, where personalised resources, guided audios, exercises, and prompts can be shared to support you between sessions.

You’ll also have access to a secure client portal, where you can view documents and manage your appointments. The client portal link is available in the top menu of this website.

Therapy also includes six months’ access to The Membership, with additional resources, guided practices, live sessions, and workshops to support your wider wellbeing.

Research suggests that online therapy can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy for many common difficulties, especially when there is a good therapeutic relationship, clear structure, and practical work between sessions.

Some clients prefer meeting online because it feels more comfortable, private, or easier to fit into a busy week. With Your Mind Works, the app also gives you a clear place to revisit practices, reflect between sessions, and build on what we cover in therapy.

If you are unsure whether online or in-person therapy would suit you best, we can talk it through during your free consultation.

Yes. If you are looking for therapy in Stratford-upon-Avon, I can work with you online from wherever you are based.

In-person sessions are available from my therapy space in North Warwickshire, which may suit clients who are happy to travel. If you are not sure whether online or in-person therapy would work best, we can talk it through during your free consultation.

Yes. I offer online therapy across Warwickshire and in-person therapy from North Warwickshire. I am based near the Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire borders, making it accessible for clients from nearby areas as well as within Warwickshire.

Clients often come from areas including Atherstone, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Burton upon Trent, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Lichfield, and the surrounding Midlands. Online sessions are also available if travelling is not practical.

Yes. I offer online therapy across Staffordshire, and in-person therapy from North Warwickshire, close to the Staffordshire border.

This may be convenient if you are based in or near Tamworth, Burton upon Trent, Lichfield, Swadlincote, or the surrounding areas. Online therapy is also available across the UK if travelling is not practical.