Navigating anxiety and depression with a therapist can feel like stepping into unfamiliar terrain. But it doesn’t have to be disorienting. This page offers a way to begin—by exploring what’s happening and how to hold it differently.

Some days, everything feels too loud. Other days, it’s too quiet. Anxiety might show up as racing thoughts, panic, or pressure that builds until something feels like it might snap. Life speeds up, and holding it all together gets harder. You might sense things are close to falling apart—and that you’re the only one holding them together.

When you’re stuck in high alert, rest feels impossible. You carry responsibility. You stay switched on. Loosening your grip can feel risky—like everything might collapse. Depression often sits beside that tension. It can feel like numbness, disconnection, or a loss of colour and joy.

Therapy isn’t about fixing. It begins with what’s real. If you’re stretched thin and unsure how to slow down, we start there. If rest feels unreachable, we get curious. Together, we explore what your system is holding—and what might help it feel more bearable.

This is trauma-informed therapy. We tune into your nervous system and ask: What’s working? What’s ready to shift? What does support look like for you?

The process is steady and relational. It meets you where you are.

Making Friends with the Sharp Bits

Navigating anxiety and depression with a therapist isn’t about resisting the hard parts. The more you fight them, the louder they tend to get. In therapy, we explore how to bring friendliness to the sharp, scary places. Not to erase them—but to harmonise with them. To soften the grip. To build relationship with what’s inside you.

Riding the Waves

This work is like learning to ride waves. You build muscle, coordination, and balance over time. We notice how your body braces, collapses, and recovers. Slowly, a rhythm forms. You learn to move with the wave, not against it.

Whispering to the Wild Inside

Sometimes, anxiety feels like a wild animal galloping through your system. Therapy isn’t about chasing it down or shutting it off. It’s more like horse whispering: sensing its rhythm, attuning to its signals, and meeting it with steadiness. That’s how trust grows—inside you.

“Awaken your spirit to adventure; hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk; soon you will be home in a new rhythm…” — John O’Donohue, For a New Beginning.

If that stirs something, I’d be honoured to meet you there.