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Therapy for Life Transitions, Burnout Recovery, Anxiety, and Healing from Trauma.

If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or running on empty, you're not alone.

I work with adults carrying a lot - stress, burnout, emotional exhaustion, and the impact of unresolved traumatic experiences.
 

You might be navigating a difficult period, questioning your relationships, career path, or simply feeling flat and disconnected.

Therapy provides a confidential, supportive space to explore difficult experiences, emotions, or questions about life, identity, and relationships.
 

Here’s a closer look at the areas I specialise in and how I can support you.
 

  • Burnout and emotional overwhelm

  • Anxiety, chronic overthinking, or emotional numbness

  • Career change, redundancy, or work-related stress

  • Feeling stuck, flat, or uncertain about the future

  • Impact of past trauma or unresolved experiences


I’m a registered and accredited member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS),
 

MNCPS Claire Lakey Professional Standards Authority

Therapy for Anxiety and Overthinking

Anxiety often shows up as overthinking, self-doubt, or a constant sense of unease. Therapy can help you make sense of these patterns and find clearer, more grounded ways to think, feel, and respond.

Therapy for Life and Career Transitions

Big life changes, like career shifts, redundancy, retirement, or relationship breakdowns, can leave you questioning who you are and where you’re heading. Therapy offers a steady space to reflect, regroup, and rebuild with more clarity and self-trust.

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Therapy for Rebuilding after Difficult or Traumatic Experiences

When life has been overwhelming or traumatic, it can feel like the future has closed off. Therapy offers space to work through what you’ve carried and start reconnecting with a future that feels possible again.

Therapy for Burnout and Exhaustion

When life pushes too hard for too long, it can leave you physically and emotionally drained. Therapy offers space to work through what's driving the pressure and helps you rebuild your energy, confidence, and sense of direction.

Therapy for Imposter Syndrome, Self-Doubt and Low Confidence​​

Many people carry a critical inner voice that chips away at their confidence. Therapy offers a grounded space to understand where this voice comes from and start challenging self-critical patterns to build real, lasting self-trust.

Therapy for Feeling Flat, Lost or Stuck

When life feels heavy or directionless, it’s not weakness, it’s often a signal that something needs to change.

You might be pushing through, day after day, but inside, it feels like you're stuck in neutral.

Therapy offers a space to stop running on empty, get honest about what's weighing you down, and start building the clarity and strength you need to move forward.

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Testimonials

Dandelion

J-45, East Dulwich

I used to put everyone else first, especially my children, and never made time for myself and burnt myself out.  With Claire’s support, I’m finally learning to prioritise myself and feeling less guilty and even more open to doing things with friends. I feel less exhausted and a bit more optimistic about life.  Working together helps me keep on track."

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