“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious.

If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door.

If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

About me

Hi, my name is Hannah.

I am an integrative counsellor and coach, based in London. My approach to my therapeutic work is flexible and trauma-informed. With the aim to create a safe and welcoming space in the therapy room, where the pace of sessions can be completely guided by you.

My training is in a modality called personal consultancy. This is a blended approach to counselling and coaching. As an integrative counsellor and coach, I make use of a number of different approaches, mainly person-centred counselling, transactional analysis, and acceptance and commitment therapy.

I have experience working with stigmatised topics such as bereavement by suicide, surviving sexual abuse, and navigating complex family dynamics. As such, I have developed a trauma-informed approach that includes elements of mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and psycho-education to help people understand their survival responses without shame, and with an embodied sense of confidence and a stronger sense of self.

I believe that everyone can benefit from learning more about themselves and their nervous system, regardless of past experiences!

My practice is LGBTQIA+, Kink, Sex Worker and ENM friendly.

My work

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Counselling

Traditionally, this is a tool for looking at the past and at the present, at current patterns of emotions and behaviour. Counselling can help to make sense of current and earlier life experiences, patterns and dynamics - and can allow the space to explore how these affect and impact us.

Coaching

Traditionally, this is a tool for looking at the present and the future. This is a goal-oriented way to look at making meaningful change.

If Counselling looks at the why of behaviour, coaching looks at the how of behaviour change.

Organisations I have worked with

  • Suicide&Co

  • Women's Consortium

  • Solace Women's Aid

  • The Awareness Centre

Qualifications and Continuous Professional Development.

I hold a PGCert in Humanistic and Psychodynamic Counselling and a PGDip in Integrative Counselling and Coaching.

As a counsellor and a coach, I always want to continue learning in order to best support as many diverse people as possible. This is a (non-exhaustive) list of CPD I am completing or have completed.

In addition, I am a registered member with the BACP (Membership Number: 416078) and I hold an advanced DBS check.

  • Level 3 Professionals Working in the Sexual Violence Sector

  • ASIST Suicide Intervention Skills Training

  • The Gift of Reconnection: Trauma-Informed Practice Training

  • COSRT Queer Relationships and Queer Theory

  • Getting Started with Non-Violent Communication (ongoing)

  • The Voyage Programme Deep Dive: Trauma-Informed Training