You’re good at therapy.
But the way you’re working isn’t sustainable

You care about your clients. You show up fully. But the reality of private practice - the structure, the income, the constant holding - can quietly become draining. This is where we step back and look at your work as a whole. Not just what you’re doing… but whether it actually works for you.

Therapists often build careers around qualities that are genuinely valuable: care, thoughtfulness, responsibility, emotional attunement and a willingness to go further for people.

Those same qualities can also make it difficult to recognise your own limits.

You may find yourself:

carrying clients long after the working day has finished
over-preparing or repeatedly questioning your decisions
feeling responsible for whether every client improves
struggling to maintain boundaries without guilt
accommodating until your practice no longer works for you
undercharging while routinely working beyond the session
worrying that visibility, confidence or earning well will make you less ethical
understanding burnout intellectually while continuing to override your capacity

I support therapists through personal psychological therapy and focused Private Practice Strategy.

Both offer space to step back, understand what is happening and make decisions without hustle culture, performance or endless self-improvement.

The Good Person Trap® in therapists
The Good Person Trap® describes what can happen when being good, helpful, capable or responsible becomes connected to safety, belonging and worth.

For therapists, this can become entangled with professional identity.

You may feel that a good therapist should:

remain endlessly patient and emotionally available
always know what to do
prevent clients from feeling disappointed
charge only what feels comfortable to everybody else
accept work even when capacity is limited
absorb risk and uncertainty without support
put clinical responsibility ahead of personal sustainability
never feel frustrated, tired, activated or unsure

These beliefs can be reinforced by training, workplace cultures, professional expectations and the reality that our work affects vulnerable people.

The aim is not to make you less ethical or caring. It is to help you work with integrity without requiring chronic over-functioning or self-abandonment.

Personal therapy for therapists

Therapists need somewhere they do not have to be the clinician.

I offer focused, formulation-led CBT and EMDR therapy for therapists experiencing:

burnout and emotional exhaustion
obsessive doubt or over-responsibility
perfectionism and imposter feelings
shame and self-criticism
trauma or attachment-related difficulties
neurodivergent masking and overwhelm
a complicated relationship with food, control or their body
difficulty separating personal history from professional responsibility
insight that has not translated into an emotional shift

You do not need to translate your experience into clinical language, arrive with a formulation already prepared or perform therapy correctly.

Personal therapy begins with a 90-minute Clarity & Direction Assessment. This includes a personalised written summary with my initial formulation, recommendations and possible next steps.

Clarity & Direction Assessment: 90 minutes, £195
Ongoing therapy: 50 minutes, £125

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Private Practice Strategy
Private Practice Strategy is for qualified therapists who want to build, review or reshape a practice that is clinically sound, financially sustainable and compatible with the life they want to lead.

We might explore:

clarifying your niche and positioning
communicating the value of your experience
reviewing fees and financial sustainability
reducing an overloaded caseload
improving boundaries, policies and client pathways
deciding which enquiries to accept
developing assessments, intensives, consultation or training
moving beyond directory dependence
creating systems that reduce cognitive and emotional load
separating ethical care from over-functioning
designing a practice around your actual capacity
recognising what you or your practice may have outgrown

This is strategic professional consultation, not clinical supervision, personal therapy or generic business coaching.

The session includes:

a focused pre-session questionnaire
a 90-minute online strategy consultation
a personalised written summary
practical recommendations and next steps

There is no expectation of ongoing work. Some therapists use one session to think through a particular decision, while others return occasionally as their practice develops.

90 minutes: £225

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My professional background
I am a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, EMDR therapist working towards practitioner accreditation, and Registered Mental Health Nurse.

My experience includes:

primary, secondary and tertiary NHS mental-health services
acute, crisis and community care
Cambridge NHS Eating Disorder Services
a London-based NHS Talking Therapies service
four years within University of East Anglia wellbeing
trauma, OCD, eating disorders and neurodivergence
independent psychological practice
building a specialist, low-volume clinical business
developing EMDR intensives, professional consultation and workplace training
creating The Good Person Trap®

I understand the realities of clinical responsibility, professional identity and running a private practice that needs to support both clients and the therapist behind it.

Which service do I need?

Choose personal therapy when the main focus is your psychological health, history, relationships, patterns or recovery.

Choose Private Practice Strategy when the focus is your business model, positioning, fees, boundaries, services, systems or professional direction.

There may be overlap. However, we will maintain a clear purpose and agreement for the service you book.
If significant personal or clinical material emerges during a strategy session, we can acknowledge its relevance without quietly turning the appointment into therapy.

A note on fit

My work with therapists tends to suit people who:

value depth, reflection and ethical practice
appreciate structure without rigidity
want honesty and thoughtful challenge
prefer sustainable strategy to formulas or hustle
are willing to consider how their own patterns affect the way they work
want their practice or career to support their life rather than consume it

You do not need to be in crisis or on the verge of leaving the profession. Sometimes the most useful time to step back is before the current way of working becomes impossible to sustain.

Enquiries

For personal therapy, begin with a Clarity & Direction Assessment.
Private Practice Strategy Sessions can be booked through the client portal.

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You can also read more about my private practice via my Therapist Substack.

You’re good at therapy. But the way you’re working isn’t sustainable

Therapists often build careers around qualities that are genuinely valuable: care, thoughtfulness, responsibility, emotional attunement and a willingness to go further for people. ​ Those same qualities can also make it difficult to recognise your own limits. ​ You may find yourself:

carrying clients long after the working day has finished

over-preparing or repeatedly questioning your decisions

feeling responsible for whether every client improves

struggling to maintain boundaries without guilt

accommodating until your practice no longer works for you

undercharging while routinely working beyond the session

worrying that visibility, confidence or earning well will make you less ethical

understanding burnout intellectually while continuing to override your capacity

remain endlessly patient and emotionally available

always know what to do

prevent clients from feeling disappointed

charge only what feels comfortable to everybody else

accept work even when capacity is limited

absorb risk and uncertainty without support

put clinical responsibility ahead of personal sustainability

never feel frustrated, tired, activated or unsure

burnout and emotional exhaustion

obsessive doubt or over-responsibility

perfectionism and imposter feelings

shame and self-criticism

trauma or attachment-related difficulties

neurodivergent masking and overwhelm

a complicated relationship with food, control or their body

difficulty separating personal history from professional responsibility

insight that has not translated into an emotional shift

clarifying your niche and positioning

communicating the value of your experience

reviewing fees and financial sustainability

reducing an overloaded caseload

improving boundaries, policies and client pathways

deciding which enquiries to accept

developing assessments, intensives, consultation or training

moving beyond directory dependence

creating systems that reduce cognitive and emotional load

separating ethical care from over-functioning

designing a practice around your actual capacity

recognising what you or your practice may have outgrown

​ This is strategic professional consultation, not clinical supervision, personal therapy or generic business coaching. The session includes:

a focused pre-session questionnaire

a 90-minute online strategy consultation

a personalised written summary

practical recommendations and next steps

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primary, secondary and tertiary NHS mental-health services

acute, crisis and community care

Cambridge NHS Eating Disorder Services

a London-based NHS Talking Therapies service

four years within University of East Anglia wellbeing

trauma, OCD, eating disorders and neurodivergence

independent psychological practice

building a specialist, low-volume clinical business

developing EMDR intensives, professional consultation and workplace training

creating The Good Person Trap®

value depth, reflection and ethical practice

appreciate structure without rigidity

want honesty and thoughtful challenge

prefer sustainable strategy to formulas or hustle

are willing to consider how their own patterns affect the way they work

want their practice or career to support their life rather than consume it

You’re good at therapy.
But the way you’re working isn’t sustainable

Therapists often build careers around qualities that are genuinely valuable: care, thoughtfulness, responsibility, emotional attunement and a willingness to go further for people.

Those same qualities can also make it difficult to recognise your own limits.

You may find yourself:

This is strategic professional consultation, not clinical supervision, personal therapy or generic business coaching.

The session includes: