Person-Centred Experiential counselling and psychotherapy for adults and young people, offering a space to explore whatever brings you to therapy.
Hello
Hi, I’m Abbie, a BACP registered psychotherapist. I believe therapy should feel like someone sitting with you, not analysing you from across the room.
I’m naturally curious, warm, and calm. I value honesty and gentle humour, and I care deeply about creating a space where nothing has to be hidden or performed. When clients sit with me, I hope they feel accepted, understood, and safe to bring whatever is present, even if they don’t have the words for it yet.
Outside of sessions, I’m happiest with a coffee, a dog nearby, a book I can get lost in, and long walks that give me space to think. Travel, quiet mornings, and self-help books are my version of grounding, and I try to bring that same steady, relaxed energy into my work.
My Story
My interest in therapy is personal as well as professional. Growing up around addiction meant I became very aware of the emotions around me. I learnt to read the room, adapt, keep the peace and often put other people's needs before my own.
As I got older, experiences of bullying affected the way I saw myself and my body. I've known what it's like to struggle with self-worth, overthink, people-please and put pressure on myself to get things right. I've also often felt things deeply and experienced the world in a way that hasn't always seemed as straightforward for me as it might for others
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Having therapy myself gave me the space to understand those parts of myself with more curiosity and compassion. It played a big part in why I became a therapist and still shapes the way I sit alongside people today
The therapist I try to be
I don't want to be the kind of therapist who sits silently behind a professional mask.
I'm warm, engaged and genuinely interested in getting to know you. I'll listen carefully, ask questions, notice things with you and sometimes bring another perspective into the room.
There can be serious conversations in therapy, but there can also be humour, awkward moments, silence and conversations where neither of us immediately knows where they're going.
You don't need to perform therapy well with me.
The Professional Bit...
I have over four years of clinical experience supporting adults and young people across private practice, charitable organisations and mental health services. Alongside running DealingWithWellness, I currently work as an Associate Therapist with Hull & East Yorkshire Mind.
Working with people across different ages, backgrounds and experiences has taught me that there is no one way to do therapy. I value building genuine relationships, taking the time to understand the person behind what they're experiencing, and adapting the way I work to the individual in front of me.
My experience has strengthened my belief that therapy works best when you feel understood rather than analysed, and when you're given the space to explore things at your own pace.
Education
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BSc (Hons) Psychology, BPS-accredited – dissertation on body perception
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MSc Counselling & Psychotherapy
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Registered member of the BACP
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Specialised training in Online Therapy
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Trauma-informed practice
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Neurodivergence-informed practice
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Body-Image Specialist training
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Level-3 Safeguarding
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DBS-checked
My Approach
I work from a Person-Centred Experiential approach, which means therapy begins with you, your experiences and what feels important to you.
I’m not here to analyse you, tell you what to do or decide what you should be feeling. I’m here to understand your world alongside you, helping you explore what’s happening, notice patterns and make sense of things in a way that feels meaningful to you.
There isn’t one right way to do therapy, so I adapt how we work together. In our sessions, you can expect that I will
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Move at your pace and never expect you to have the “right” thing to say
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Be warm, curious and genuinely engaged in what you bring
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Ask questions that help us explore things a little more deeply
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Use psychoeducation or practical tools when they might be helpful
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Use creative approaches, visual resources or metaphors where these suit you
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Adapt sessions around how you communicate, process and make sense of things
At the heart of my work is the relationship we build. I want therapy to feel collaborative and human, with space for difficult conversations, uncertainty, humour, silence and everything in between.